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The following miscellaneous pests have been determined for the 



Determination of miscolla- Museum by x\lr. Oliver E. Janson : — 

 neous pests. 



(1) A Dipterous insect said to attack mangoes (Mangifera indicci) 



in Lower Bengal. This wa* compared with specimens in the 

 British Museum and identified as Dacus fertnghieH-s Fabr. 



(2) Cantharidse said to damage crops of yellow cholum (/ Sor- 



ghnm vulgar e) in Madras. These were compared with spe- 

 cimens named by Dr. Haaq, and identified as belonging to 

 the two species Epicauta rouxl Cast, and Epicauta tenui- 

 colli Pall. 



(3) Tenebrionidae said to attack young linseed (Linum nsitatiss'}- 



muw) and wheat (Triticum sativum) plants in Katwa, Ben- 

 gal, determined as Opatrum depresmm Fabr. 1 



(4 ) Dermestida3 destructive to stored wheat (Triticum sativum) 



in the Delhi bazaar, identified as JEthriostoma undulaia. 

 Motsch. 

 (o) Bostrychida3 said to have been found boring into the 

 stem of a guava tree [Psidium Gnaia) in Hazaribagh r 

 identified as BostrycJius sp., Sinonxylon sp., and Canophrada 

 aiwhioi-d-es Waterhouse. The last species was identified 

 after comparison with the type specimens. 



(6) Curculionidse reported as destructive to Hibiscus plants in 



Durbhunga, identified after comparison with the original 

 type specimen, as Desmidophorus hebes Fabr. 



(7) Curculionida3 reported as destructive to garden plants in 



Durbhunga, identified as Astycus lateralis Fabr. 



(8) White-ants forwarded from Balasore in December 1888, 



compared with the original type specimen and identified 

 as Termes taprohanes Walker. 



In the Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary and 

 Philosophical Society, 1890-91, Mr. P. Camerou describes and figures 

 the following insects which he has been so kind as to examine. It is 

 hoped that the insects will shortly be returned so that the type speci- 

 mens may be preserved in the collections of the Museum : — 



(1) Platygaster oryzce n. sp. (plate 1, figs. 6 and 8) bred by 

 Mr. Wood-Mason from Cecidomyia oryzm W. M., a 

 midge said to have proved destructive to paddy (Oryza 

 sativa) in Monghyr in October J 880. 



1 The species Opatrum mi cans is recorded as injurious to crops by Miss Ormerod. 

 (Injurious lusects of South Africa, n. 19). 



