114) Indian Museum Notes, [ Vol. III. 



Defoliatiou of orange and lemon trees in Dehra by the caterpillar 



, „ ,. of the butterfly Papilio polutes was reported 



Orange tree defoliator. /c^,,. ,^,, -.o^r.-,- 



rrom the rorest oehool in October 1893, and is 



worthy of record as confirming the observation that the injury to these 

 plants is not confined to the one species Papilio erithoniiis, Cram. The 

 identity of the species was ascertained by comparison with a carefully- 

 named series of Indian butterflies presented some years back to the 

 Forest School by the Trustees of the Indian Museum. 



Specimens of a large wood-boring insect, which has been identified 

 Longicorn -borers in the Pun- ^^ the Cerambycid JSeocerambi/x holosericeits, 

 jab. Fabr., were forwarded in December 1892 by 



the Director of Land Eecords and Agriculture, Punjab. They were 

 procured by the Deputy Commiesioner of Dera Ismail Khan in Novem- 

 ber 1892. According to the account furnished, the insect is to be found 

 in trees growing in dry places and specially in the *' Farash(^)" but also 

 in the '' Sarin(^)^' and ''KikHr(^)." It is known as Lain in Hindi and 

 Raniah in Pushtu. It generally attacks the trunk near to the ground, but 

 the branches also suffer occasionally. The affected portion of the tree 

 can usually be recognized by a swelling in the bark. 



The species has previously been sent to the Museum as associated with 

 other Cerambycidse in attacking young teak trees in the KuUi plantation 

 of Assam, so is likely to frequent many kinds of wood. 



A longicorn-borer, received from the Conservator of Forest, Berar, was 

 forwarded to the Indian Museum in July 1892 

 by the Director of the Imperial Forest School, 

 with the information that it does considerable damage to babul {Acacia 

 arabica) plants. The larva is sail to enter the stem some three or four 

 inches above thegroimd, and to tunnel through the root to such an extent 

 as eventually to cause death. The species is new to the Museum collec- 

 tion of Cerambycidse ; it would seem to be nearly related to the genus 

 Ccelosferna, hut has been sent to Europe for further examination. (*) 



(^)\Tamarix arficulata ? 



(^) Botanical name not ascertained. 



(^) Acacia arabica. 



(*) It has been kindly examined by Mr. C. J. Gahan of the British museum, who identi- 

 fies it as rather a small male example of the species Celostema {sic) spinator, Fabr. Mr. 

 Gnhan notices that this species should be placed as a variety of C. scabrator, Fiibr., vvhicli 

 only differs in having the pubescence of the elytra more tawny or brownish in colour. 



