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The loss occasioned by this insect to wheal exported from India has been 

 estimated at as much as 2| per cent. The insect itself is ii tiny brown 

 beetle, with long snout and elbowed antennae. Its young are little white 

 legless grubs, which inhabit the grains. 



28. Rhynchopiiorus feruugineus Oliv. — The larvae of this large wee- 

 vil are wliite fleshy legless grnbs; they tunnel into the trunks of date 

 [Fhoiuix dactyhfera), eocoanut [Cocvs nucifera) and other palms in India, 

 and kill a large number of trees. 



29. Cyrtotrriclielus diix'S)o\\em. — A large brown weevil, the male with 

 enormously developed fore legs, has been reported as destroying the 

 young snccuh^nt asparagus-like shoot of the hill bamboo {BendfO- 

 calnmtcs Ramiltonii in Sikkim. 



80. Calavdra sp. — Said to damage stored opium {Pajmver somni- 

 fenim) seed (Scott). 



31. Cry p)tor 1)1/11 chus mangiferce Fabr. — A small earth-coloured weevil, 

 with white legless grubs. It is said to be very destructive to mango 

 {M<nigifera indica) fruit in Bengal and Sylhet. 



32. Asti/cus lateralis Fabr. — A small greenish weevil, reported in the 

 beetle stage as defoliating mulberry {Alortts) bushes in Rangoon. Also 

 thought to be the species which lias been reported by Mr. Thompson as 

 tunneling into the timber of cliir {Pinus lov gifoUci) in the North-West- 

 ern Provinces; in this case the injury is no doubt done by the larvae. 



33. Sipalus granulatus Fabr.— Thought to be the species which has 

 been reported by Mr. Thompson as tunneling into Dhak {Butea fron- 

 dosa) in the North-West Provinces. 



34. Desmidoji/wrus hehes Fabr. — Reported as attacking Hibiscus 

 plants in Durbhanga. 



35. Sitones sp. — A small weevil, thought to belong to this genus, has 

 been reported as destructive to opium {Papaver somiiiferitm) seedlings 

 in Ghazipur. 



36. Ar/iiiies destructor Neitner. — Said to attack the leaves of coffee 

 [Coffea arahica) bushes in Ceylon, occasionally doing considerable injury 

 (Nietner). 



37. Cylas turcipieunis Nietner. — Said to be destructive to sweet 

 potatoes [Ip)Ovi(BaBatai-as) in Ceylon (Nietner). 



38. Sphanophorus plainpennis Nietner.— Said to injure eocoanut 

 [Cocos7iucifera) trees in Ceylon (Nietner). 



39. Apion sirobilanthi Desbroch.- — Reported as destructive to the seed 

 of the herbaceous weed {Strohilanthespeciinatus) in Sikkim. 



40. Undetermined Curculionida larvcE have been reported as very de- 

 structive to young mahogany [Swietenia Mahagoni) trees in the Western 

 Booarg. They were found tunneling beneath the bark. 



