152 Indian Museum Notes. [ Yol. II. 



41. A rninvte undetermined weevil., said to liave been esccessively de- 

 structive to the saed of sal [Shorea robusta) trees in the North- Western 

 Provinces in the year 1863 (Thompson). 



42. A small iindetermined weevil, reported as destroying' 90 per 

 cent, of the seed of the forest tree {(^uercus ][>ac]iypliijlla) in Darjeeliug-. 



Bcolytidcs. 



43. Trypodendron domesticum Linn., also T. signatum Fabr, — Minute 

 brown beetles, wliich are said to attack the casks in which beer is shipped 

 to India, 



44. Xyleboeus peefoeans Wollast. ( = X. saxeseni Dist.). — A little 

 brown beetle, considerably bigg-er than the preceding. It is thought to be 

 the species which so often drills small holes into the staves of casks in 

 which beer is shipped to India. It is also said to have proved very des- 

 tructive to sugarcane [Sacchariim o[}ioinarum,) in the West Indies, and is 

 likely to prove troublesome in a similar manner in India. 



45. Liapus impressus Janson.— 'A minute i)rown beetle, reported as 

 tunneling into oak stumps [Quercus sjh) in the North-West Hima- 

 layas. 



46. Polygraphus sp. (allied to V . piihescens of Europe). — A minute 

 brown beetle, reported as tunneling into the bark of Pimis excelsa trees. 

 It is not thought to do any very serious injury. 



47. Fityogenes scitusl^Xixndi. — A minute brown beetle, which tunnels 

 into the shoots of conifers. Little is known about it. 



4 8, Plalydactylus sexspinosus Motsch, — A small brown beetle, re- 

 ported as destructive to paddy [Oryza sativa) in Burma. The injury is 

 due to its tunneling into the stalks. 



49. Undetermined species of Scolytida, perhaps identical witli some of 

 the above, have been noticed as very destructive in India to the oak 

 [Quercus incana) ; also to immature sal {Shorea roliicsta) and c/iir {Pinus 

 longifolia) timber. Like the bamboo bort-r (which, however, lelongs to a 

 different group of beetles), these insects are known in the North-West 

 Provinces as ^/;oo?z (Thompson). 



BritcJdda. 



50. pErcHUSCHiNENSis Linn.— The small brown gram weevil of Cal- 

 cutta. It is very destructive to stored puh^es {Cajanus indicus, etc.). 

 It is said to be known in Nuddea as Glicra poka, and in (ianjam as Pesala 

 puruga. The larvse are little white grubs which inhabit the pulse seeds. 



51. Bruchus emarginatus Allard. var, — The large gre}' pea weevil of 

 the Calcutta bazar. It attacks stored peas [Pisum sativum, etc ) ex- 

 actly as the gram weevil attacks pulses. 



