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Indian Museum Notes. 



[Vol. III. 



In December 1893 specimens! were forwarded by the Director of 

 (Edalus marmoratus, Liun. ^^"^ Records and Agriculture, Bombay, of 



au insect reported to have done injury to 

 young bajri {Pennesetum t^jphoideum) crops in the Nasik district. The 



insects proved to belong to the species (Edalus marmoratus, Linn., as 

 determined in the Indian Museum collection. 



Specimens of the Acridid Pcecilocera pida, Fabr., as determined in 



T, -7 • ^ T? 1- the Indian Museum collection, were forward- 



Jroecilocera picta, i abr. i • i 



ed m July 1893 by the Deputy Commission- 

 er of Shahpur. According to the report furnished, the insect was 



sluggish and non-migratory : it was found only on the Akk plant 

 {Calotrojpis procera) which the migratory locust rarely touches; in life 



