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and poor in oil. The pame insect is also said to attack gingelly when 

 the plants are stacked prior to thrashing. Specimens were forwarded to 

 the Musenm in August 1893, They proved to belong to a species cf 

 Lygseidae as yet unnamed in the collection, and have been forwarded to 

 Europe for identification. 



Poshcript. — Tbey have since been examined by Dr. E. Bergroth, 

 who identifies the species as Beosus pallets, Dall. 



Specimens of the Lygseid Dpsdercus cingulatus, Fabr., as determined 



in the Indian Museum collection^ were for- 



^Dysdercus cingulatus, ^^.jg^ £,.^^ Kirkee on 7th December 1893 by 



Mr. J. Mollison, with the information that they 

 were damaging cotton upon the Government farm. The plants attacked 

 were of the Khandesh varadi variety which ripens its bolls in November 



and December. The insects were found in large numbers upon almost 

 every plant and appeared to feed upon the immature seed contained in the 

 bolls. Representatives of the same species were forwarded about the 

 same date by the Director of Land Records and Agriculture, Punjab, 

 as found upon Egyptian cotton. The insect undoubtedly does a con- 

 siderable amount of damage by tapping the bolls and drawing up the 

 sap, much the way that the mosquito sucks up blood. Further refer- 

 ences to it may be found in these Notes, Vol. II, pp. 33, 44, and 166. 

 The figure shows the insect natural size. 



In January 1893, Mr. T. H. Middleton forwarded from Biiroda a 



^, moth reared from a caterpillar which is known 



Aloa lactinea, Cr^vner. ,,, ,, -i, i^i ..-i 



locally as katra. It proved to be an Arctud 



belonging to the species Aloa lactinea, Cramer, as determined in ths 



