44 IniUan Economic Entoiuoloffi/. [Vol. II. 



From the Deputy Conservator of Forests, Ivamnip division, Assam, 



have been received pnpse of a Bombycid 

 Kulsi sal caterpill:irs. y ^^ i i • ^ ii p m 



moth, probably belonging' to the laiuily 



Liparida, said to have suddenly appeared in vast swarms and denuded 

 sal trees in the Kulsi range of their leaves. This particular caterpillar 

 had not been noticed previously, and the natives attributed the visitation 

 to the successful protection of the forest against fire. Pupse were 

 found in the end of October 1889. Moths appeared immediately after- 

 wards and laid eggs which produced caterpillars in the beginning of 

 November, after which the pest seems to have disappeared for some time, 

 moths and caterpillars, however, being again noticed in large numbers 

 in the middle of December. Several attempts were made to rear the 

 pupse in Calcutta to enable the identity of the moth to be ascer- 

 tained, but the only insects that emerged were Taehinid and Hymenop- 

 terous parasites, with which the pupae seem to have been very much infest- 

 ed. 



The Superintendent of the Government Horticultural gardens in 

 Lucknow, in February 1890, forwarded larvse 



_ Boring caterpillars. i i i i i • ^ ..i , -i 



or a moth probably belonging to the farail}'- 

 Bepiaiida, said to be commonly found in the stems of fruit-trees, such as 

 oranges and guavas, which it injures to a serious extent. Mustard oil 

 poured into the hole was found to kill the insect. Specimens eithtr of 

 the moth into which these caterpillars transform, or live pupse, which 

 no doubt are to be found in the tunnels, are desired to enable the insect 

 to be precisely determined. 



la February 1890 were received, through the Agricultural Depart- 

 ment of Madras, specimens of cotton plants 

 Madras cotton pest. • j . r, ±l ^ 3 \ i ^ r /a i-t \ 



said to be attacked by plant lice [Ap /tides] 



which caused the decay of the plants. The specimens were insuliicienfc 

 for any conclusive examination, and the only Arthopoda that were found 

 on them were a number of mites which are not thought to have been 

 connected with the destruction of the plants. 



Injury was reported by Baboo T. N. Mukharji to have been done to 

 musk mallow and cabbages cultivated by the 



Dysdercus cingulatus. r^ • a • ^ i o • • a 



Lossipore Agricultural Society in August 



1889, by an insect which proved to be Dysdercus cingulatus, Fabr, 



(Heteroptera, Lygseidse), noticed on page H7 of Vol. I of this serial. 



The insects were said to have fed upon the leaves and afterwards to have 



taken up tbeir abode within the capsules of the musk mallow fruit. 



