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{d) Pachytylus cinerascens^ Fabr., one specimen. 

 [e) (Edalus marmoratns, Linn., one specimen. 

 ( /) Three larvse not determined. 



In August 1893 the following Acrididse were forwarded to the 

 Indian Museum through the Central 



vt^t^^ '"'' *^' ^^'^'^' Museum, Madras. Details of the damage 

 Fiesidency. ' _ ° 



occasioned by them were not furnished but a 

 reference was given to tbe Proceedings of the Board of Ke venue, 

 Madras, No. 4223 Mis., dated I5th July 1893. The names are given 

 as determined in the Indian Museum collection : — 



{a) Acridium ceruginosum, Burm., eight specimens. 

 (5) Catantops indicus, Sauss., three specimens. 

 {c) Acrida turrita^ Linn., one specimen. 



In September 1893 two sets of Acrididse comprising the species 



. .J. J . -D „ £pacromiadorsalis,Thunh„ (Edahismarmora- 



Acrididse m liellary. . 



ttts, Linn., and Crof off onus, *^., all collected by 

 the Tahsildar of Bellary were forwarded to the Indian Museum through 

 the Government Central Museum, Madras. The insects had been obtain- 

 ed at the instance of the Board of Revenue, Madras, through the Col- 

 lector. No special injury by them seems to have been noticed, but the 

 matter is recorded as showing the specific identity of the grasshoppers 

 at that time prevalent in Bellary. The names are given as determined 

 in the Indian Museum collection, the species being all such as are 

 occasionally destructive to crops in India. 



In September 1893 a number of Acrididse were forwarded through 



> -j-j • ^1 n • 1 the Imperial Forest School, Dehra, from 



Acrididse m the Punjab. r^^ ■,■,■• ■ • -r» • , • , 



the Chenab division m the Punjab, with the 



information that they destroyed young seedlings of Robinia by nipping 



them ofi: at the base. The specimens were found to comprise five 



species of Acrididse of which the following have been identified :— 



Epacromia dorsalis, ^h.MVih., Crofogojius trackypterus,'B\anch,, (Edalus 



marmoratus , Linn., and (?) Acrotylns, sp. The names are quoted as 



determined in the Indian Museum collection. 



In June 1893 reports were forwarded to the Museum by the Com- 

 missioners of Settlements and Agriculture, 



ProvTnces. '"^ *^' ^'""^''^ C^^*^'^! Provinces, from the Balaghat, 



Chhiudwara and Chanda districts which 

 were visited by flights of locusts in the latter part of May 1893. The 



