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Miscellaneous Nofffi. 



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In January 1893 specimens were forwarded by the Assistant Director 



„ , ^^ , of Land Records and Aurriculture, Bengal, of an 



Tobacco Horn opfcera. . ^ ,, ,, , ,■■ p .i i- 



insect tnoug-ht to be responsible tor the curling 



and twisting of the leaves of tobacco plants grown on the Sibpore 



Experimental Farm, 



Five varieties of tobacco had been grown side by side, and it was found 

 that the milder and more succulent tobaccos suffered to a very much 

 greater extent than the stronger and more pungent kinds. The insect 

 proved to he new to the Museum collection. It has been kindly exa- 

 mined by Mr. G. B. Buckton, F.H, S., who considers it to be related to 

 the Teltigidse. The species, however, is an obscure one and would seem 

 to have been hitherto undescribed. The figure shows the larva in two 

 stages of growth j also the imago with much enlarged diagrams of its 

 antenutB and legs. The natural sizes of the insects are indicated by hair 

 lines. 



Postscript. — In February 1894 injury was again reported to tobacco 

 plants in the Sibpore Experimental Farm. In this ease the enemy proved 

 to be a species of Aphidse, which has been identified through the kindness 

 of Mr. G, B. Buckton, F.R.S., as belonging to the species SipJionophora 

 scabiosce, Schrank. Associated with the Aphidse were numerous Cocei- 

 nellidse larvae. Some of these transformed into beetles in the Museum 

 between the 17th and 19th February 1894. They proved to belong to 

 the species Chilotnenes sexmaculata, Fabr. as determined in the Museum 

 collection. 



