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Miscellaneous Notes. 



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have done much misebief to rice that was coming into ear, by destroy- 

 ing the immature grain. In the Kajpipla State the insect was said to 

 have also been noticed in some places in 1889. 



Wax Moth. 



The Wax Moth, whose caterpillars attacked the combs of the 



Ligurian Bee [Apis mellijica, var. ligm- 

 tica), which was reared experimentally 

 in the Indian Museum, has been deter- 

 mined by Mr. F. Moore, who writes : — 

 " I have examined this moth and find 

 that it is the species that is so com- 

 monly found wherever honey bees are 

 reared, both in Enoland and in other 

 parts of Europe. The moth is Ac/iraa 

 grisella, Zeller, and is termed the 

 'Honey A'loth^ being a great pest and 

 very destructive in its habits of tunnel" 

 ing through the combs. It belongs to 

 the family Galleriidse." 



W, 



Kice Hispa. 



Specimens of the Rice Hispa [Hispa cenescen^) , referred to on pao-e 

 37 of Vol. I of these Notes, have been for- 

 warded during the past year by the district 

 officers of Howrah, Backerganj, and Khoolna, also by Mr. C. H. C. 

 Adamson, of Maudalay. In Howrah the insect is known as Shanhi polca, 

 in Khoolna as Sanha poha, and in Backerganj as Mazra. In each case 

 it is reported to have been destructive to the rice crops. The Khoolna 

 report notices that it breeds in low-lying grass which it attacks in the 

 same manner as paddy, the injury occasioned during the past year 

 being less than usual, owing to the heavy rain which is said to check the 

 insect. This insect eats away the parenchymatous tissue of the leaves. 



