1^0, 3.] jlliscellineous Nates from the Eulonwiogical Seefion. 



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is a predaceous specie?^ and is said to perform useful service indestroyino* 

 the vice sapper Leplocorisa acuta, which does an enormous amount o£ 

 damage to paddy {Oryza sativa) tliroughout India. 



The above figure lepiesents the larva and imngo, both somewhat 

 enlarged, of the Dermestid :i^t7iriostoma undnlata, Motsch. Below the 

 imago are much enlarged diagrams of the antenna and of the first, second 

 and third pairs of legs, the latter numbered 1, 2, and 3, respectively. 

 The natural size of the insect is shown by hair lines. This species is 

 referred to in these Notes, volume I, page 61, volume II, page 48, and 

 volnme III, page 23. It is known as Kajira in the Delhi bazar, where 

 it is paid sometimes to destroy as much as six or seven per cent, of wheat 

 stored in godowns. 





The above figure represents the larva and imago, both enlarged, also 



