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attached to the spines at the posterior of the abdomen. In the pupa, 

 see figure, these east skins are dropped. The insect is not known at 

 present to do any damage to crop in India, but it is one of those common 

 species which are always liable to multiply to such an extent as to prove 

 destructive as defoliators. The figure shows the imago dorsal view, the 

 pupa dorsal and ventral view, three stages of the larva, and egg 

 capsule, all natural size, also front view of the head and one of the legs 

 both much enlarged. 



Attention was called in December 1891 to damage done to Arhar 



pulse [Cajamis iudicus), stored in Calcutta, by 

 Stored pulse pest. 7 , z 7 . T . m -, • . . , 



r Jjrucnus chmensis .Linn. 11ns insect is the 



common gram weevil of Lower Bengal, and is often very troublesome. 



In March 1891 specimens of an insect, said to injure gall-nut trees 



( ? Teminalia CJiebnla) on the Kambakkan 



Gall-nut tree defoliator. t . n , , ,-, j^j- -\/r 



hills, were sent to the Indian Museum, 



through the Dehrn Forest School, by the District Forest Officer, Chingle- 



put, Madras. The specimens proved to be little cone-shaped larval case 



of a Psychid moth. They were a little larger in size but otherwise 



indistinguishable from the larval cases of the species Babula grotei 



Moore, a species which often defoliates ornamental shrubs in Calcutta 



gardens. 



In December 1891 information was received through Messrs. 



Mitchell, Reid & Co., of the presence in small 



Scale insects on tea. i mi n • j a»/ • »/ -»*- 



numbers ot the Coccid Vntonasjpts tnece Mas- 



kell ( = Jspidiotus them green MS.) on tea {Camellia Thea) in the Kangra 



valley. The curious little fluted scales of the male insect of this species 



were represented in considerable numbers upon the leaves that were sent 



to the Museum for examination. No particular harm seems to have been 



done as yet by this insect, but it is one to be watched carefully as it 



has now established itself upon tea both in the Himalayas and in Ceylon, 



and may at any time prove destructive. It is satisfactory to learn that 



the kerosine and soap emulsion which have been recommended for use 



against this insect have been used successfully in the Kangra valley. 



According to a note furnished by Mr. J. Sinclair, the large jungle 



bee Apis dorsata is more abundant on rocks 

 Apis dorsata, ^ ^^ ^ {)()() to ^^ ^ e]eva(io ^ nnder 



the 19th, 20th, and 21st degrees N. Latitude, in the Ghats, Deccan, and 

 Konkan, than in an}' other position in that region. It is, however, 

 found in old buildings (and sometimes in new ones), upon large trees and 



