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are attacked, and large numbers of them destroyed by the same insect. The moth 

 bred from them is indistinguishable from those bred from pomeloes. 



" Nothing but the destractiou of all infected fruit would be of any use in mitigat- 

 ing the ravages of the pest in the case of limes and lemons." 



The cosmopolitan insect Beliothis armigera, wliicb has been previously 

 referred to in these Notes as attacking" opium, 



Seliothis armiqera. , . -, -i • ^ , ^ , i 



cotton, and leguminous plants, has recently 

 been noticed in Ceylon, where, according' to Mr. E. E. Green, it feeds 

 upon the fruit of the Cape gooseberry, Phipalis {?) peruviana, often com- 

 pletely destroying the crop. It remains concealed within the persistent 

 calvx that envelops the i'ruit, and devours the succulent berry. Cater- 

 pillars also, which are thought to belong to this species, though the 

 material has be^-'n insufficient for precise identification^ have been received, 

 in most cases accompanied with a small percentage of larvse of other 

 moths, from the following: — (1) The Officiating Collector of Backer- 

 gunge, who reported that in the Patuakhali Sub-division, where the in- 

 sect is known as Lecln, the injury done to rice in December 1890 had 

 amounted to an average of about one anna in the rupee. (2) The 

 Collector of Khulua, who reported in February in LSQI that the insect 

 had proved injurious to paddy in bis district. (3) The Deputy Com-- 

 missioner of Sambalpur, Central Provinces, who reported that the insect 

 was known locally as hamipoJc, and attacked rice : it was said to be 

 eomparativel)^ scarce just then, though in previous years it had been 

 numerous enough to damage the crop. (4) The Commissioner of Excise 

 in Bengal, who reported in February ISQL that the insect had been 

 damaging the hemp plant [Connalu indica). 



According to the observations which have elsewhere been made upon 

 this insect, the larvae feed in the open upon the leaves and pods of 

 various plants, several generations being passed through in the course of 

 the year. The pu{)se seem in most cases to be formed in the ground, 

 the only exception being when they attack poppy capsules, in which 

 case (according to the observations of Mr. Scott) the pupse are 

 formed within the capsules. Jn the United States the insect has been 

 found in most cases to hybernate in the pupa stage, though a few of 

 the moths which emerge late in the autumn are also thought to survive 

 the winter. 



Specimens, in all stages of development, of the fly which attacks 

 , , ^, • melons in Baluchistan, have been received 



Bahichistan Melon Fly. „ iv/r x /-m i - i 



trom Mr. J. Cleghorn, wno has written an 

 interesting paper upon the subject. The specimens were forwarded to 

 Mons. J. M. F. Bigot, who kindly examined and described the insect as 



