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attacked by a bark boring- Scolj-tid. This insect was said to have attacked 

 some trees that bad been "■irdled and were dying. The specimens were 

 submitted to Mr. W. P. H. Blandt'ord wlio very kindly examined them 

 and determined them as beb)nging- to a species of Folygraphus near to 

 the European form FolyijraphuK pahesceiis Linn. For an account of F, 

 pubescens, which Mr. Hlandford thinks likely to prove similar in habits 

 to the Piitus exceUa insect, see Kichhoft. Eur. iiorkenkafor, page Vl'l, 

 (1881). 



In April 1 S9 1 some Melon [Cucurbitacecb] seed attacked by ihecater- 



])il!ar of a minute Mi(:rolepido})terou.s insect, 

 Melon seed luotli. ,. i i j. j.i -v/r c n i • 



was rorwardeil to the Aluseum trom reslun, 



Baluchistan, by Mr. J. Cleghorn. The eggs weie thought to have been 



laid upon the seeil in October. Throuiihout the winter the gndjs fed ujrjn 



the outer portion of the seeds and in April, when thu seed is usually taken 



out to be sown, the cater[)illars deserted it and formed their chrysalids 



on the sides of the bag- in which the seed had been stored. The attempt 



that was made in the Museum to rear the motii for identification was 



not successful, but the insect is not tliought to be of much importance. 



In Jidy 1891 a number of insects were received throujifh the Direc- 

 tor of the Dehra Dun Forest School, from 

 Cliir pests. . , /--,?.•• r^ , f. n 



tlie Uiru-iatin"' Conservator or rorests. 



Central Circle, North-Western Provinces and Oudh, with information 

 that they had proved deatructive to Chir [Pimis longifolid) in the 

 Baldhoti plantation. 



The specimens were found to comprise four species of Acridida3 [viz., 

 C/irotoguuus sp., C'ltautops tndtcus, Cal'ptenus sp,, and (Edulm sp.), nil 

 said to nip off the young plants, also numerous obscure Curculionidse beetles 

 and earwigs (Euplexoptera) said to be found in dying trees, and probably 

 therefore of but little importance. The Acridid responsible for most of 

 the nipping off of the young cHr trees is probably the Chrotngonns, of 

 which numerous specimens were furnished. This insect is a very com- 

 mon doe in many parts of India, and has repeatedly been sent to the 

 Indian Museum as destructive to crops, but no satisfactory method seems 

 to have yet been discovered for dealing' with it. The bran and arsenic 

 insecticide, which is said to have been successfully used in the United 

 States against some kinds of Acridida?, might perhaps be worth trying. 

 It is made by mixing together one part of arsenic, one part of sugar, 

 and six parts of hran, with a little v/ater to form a paste. It should be 

 sprinkled o^'er the plantation for tl^e Acrididse to eat, the greatest care, 

 however, is necessary in using it on account of the })oisonous nature of 

 the arsenic. ., 



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