Indian Museum Notes. [Vol. Ill, 



BelpJiul [Jasmimim sambac^Aii.) in the neighbourhood of Calcutta. The 

 moth emerged on 27th July. 



The figure shows the moth and its chrysalis both natural size. 



This destructive clothes moth has been reared in the Museum from 



the woollen lining of a saddle. Its identity 

 Tinea tapetzella, Liim. . , , , -n p i i i. • j 



with the European lorm has been ascertamed 



through the kindness of Mr. J. Durrant, who has examined the specimens 



in England. The woodcut shows the moth and its pupa the natural size 

 being indicated by hair lines. 



In June 1893 a mass of matted silk containing numerous cocoons 



^r • ' 7 , i,T was received through the Provincial Museum, 



Magxria robusta, Moore. _ , . a i -r. • • i mi 



Liucknow, irom the irnncipal, Thomason 



College, Roorkee, who wrote that every toon tree in the station was 



covered with it from base to top. The insect was reared in the Museum 



and proved to be the common toon borer Magiria rohustay Moore, which 



is figured in these Notes, Vol. I, Plate III. The caterpillar of this species 



tunnels the terminal shoots of toon trees and in this way does a very 



large amount of damage. It habitually spins a cocoon, but the formation 



of a regular web would seem to be unusual. 



