56 Indian Museum l^oieii. [Vol. IIL 



Since the publication of the last number- of these Nofes, specimens of 

 the rice sapper Leptocorisa, acuta, Thunb, have 

 been forwarded both from the Officiating Collector 

 of the ^alasore District, throuo-h the Director of Land Records, and also 

 from the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India, but nothing 

 furtber of importance has been ascertained about the habits of this 

 species. 



Some interest attaches to a consignment of paddy forwarded by Mr. 

 W, R. Lawrence, Settlement Officer, Kashmir, as suffering from a 

 disease known as Rai Rai. This disease is said to occur in hot still 

 weather and results in a withered ear with shrivelled unformed grain. 

 It is so prevalent in Kashmir as to occasion very serious damage. No 

 insects were found in connection with tbe paddy forwarded, but the 

 appearance of the ears, with their empty husks, was so similar to that of 

 paddy attacked by the rice sapper that it is possible the injury may have 

 been due to this cause. The matter would seem to be of sufficient 

 interest to b"e worthy of further investigation. 



Interesting confirmation of the habit of the Pentatomid Canthecona 



furcellata, Wolff, noticed in Vol. II, p. 165 of 



^^CaMecona juroel- ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^ received from the Rev. 



A. Campbell, who has forwarded specimens from 

 Manbhoom. Writing in November 1892, Mr. Campbell observes that 

 its method of procedure is to alight at a short distance from the eater- 

 pillar. It then inserts its long proboscis into the body of its victim, and 

 sucks. It takes a considerable time for it to kill the caterpillar. 



Specimens of the Lygseid Oxycarenus luguhns, Motsch., were 

 forwarded in October 1893 by the Director of 

 ^O^^^renu, lugulris, j^and Records and Agriculture, Punjab, as infest- 

 ing Egyptian cotton plants in the Lahore Agri- 

 Horticultural Gr.rdens. The insect has been figured in these Notes, 

 Vol. II, p. 32. It has previously been reported both from the Madras 

 Presidency and Ceylon in connection with cotton, so is likely to occur 

 throughout India. 



An insect, called in Tamil Naval puchi, has been reported by the 



Deputy Director of Land Records and Agriculture, 



round nut Ljgseid. Madras, as attacking ground nuts when lying in 



the pod in store. The result of its attack is to render the seeds light 



