13S [June, 



obvious small hole about |- inch long by | to ^\ inch wide, parallel with the grain 

 and closed with wood fibres. This hole proved to be the end of the larval cell, 

 ^ inch deep, running parallel with the grain for about two inches, half of it 

 being filled witli the woody fibre before mentioned, and in the outer space 

 was found either the full-grown larva, the pupa exhibiting the wouderful way 

 in which the long antennae were coiled round it, or the perfect beetle^ which 

 emerges from an oblong hole made by itself through the thin wall at the for- 

 ward end of the cell made by tlie larva. lu nearl}- every instance the pupa and 

 beetle faced outwards towards the bark. Hundreds of cells were found, those 

 logs attacked, in some cases, having perhaps two dozen cells ; but though the 

 majority of the insects were dead through long immersion in the sea-water, 

 about fifty beetles were taken alive. The logs with bark still attached were 

 more difficult to examine, needing stripping, but by September. 17th the beetles 

 were emerging, for several were found running over the logs. The beetle when 

 disturbed makes a slight stridulating noise. The following species were also 

 found : in small cells in the wood, Pissodes ^^ini; and in the bark, Thanasimtis 

 fonnicarius and Tomicus se.vdentatuSj also others undetermined. — Charles 

 Bahtlett, Morwenstow, Woodhill, Portishead, Somerset : Ap)'{l '29th, 1918. 



Report of the Proceedings of the Second Entomological 



Meeting hi^.ld at Pus a on the 5th to 12th February, 1917, edited by 



T. Bainbrigge Fletcher, R.N., F.L.S., etc. Pp. xii & 340, pis. 34 : Calcutta, 

 1917. Price Rs. 3, or 4s. dd. 



This Report, as stated by the Editor, is practically an abstract of our 

 current knowledge of Indian Crop-pests, illustrated by numerous coloured 

 plates. The Editor's own book, " Some South Indian Insects," issued at 

 Madras in 1914, containing figures of many common species, has been freely 

 quoted throughout, and a number of coloured plates recently printed and 

 issued at Pusa, have also been included, to make the references as complete as 

 possible. The various subjects are arranged under the following headings : — 

 Hill Crops (tea, coffee, rubber, cinchona, etc.), Miscellaneous, Leguminous 

 Field Crops, Oil-seeds, Malvaceae, Non-Malvaceous Fibre Plants, Sugar-cane, 

 Paddy and other Cereals, Grasses and Fodder Crops, Fruit-trees, Palms, 

 Garden Plants, Drugs and Dyes, Cruciferous Crops, Other Vegetables and 

 Condiments, and Insect Pests of Stored Products. Of the 34 plates, six are 

 devoted to Coleoptera (Curculionidae, Galerucidae, and Hispidae), three each 

 to Hemiptera-Heteroptera and Orthoptera, one each to Hymenoptera and 

 Diptera, and the rest to Lepidoptera. The last-mentioned Order of insects 

 would thus appear to be the most destructive, but this can scarcely be 

 the case. The present compilation should be of great assistance to all who 

 are interested in tropical agriculture, not only in India but elsewhere, the 

 Editor having brought together such a quantity of useful information on 

 the subject, and illustrated it with so many excellent plates. The only 

 criticism we venture to make is, that the plates themselves should have been 

 numbered for facility of reference. The date given on the title page is 1917, 

 but the copy sent us for review was not received till April 1918. 



