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andZ. qmn quel ocularis. The insects were takeu on 16th Jane 

 at Deoban, N.-W. Himalayas. 

 [2] Specimens of the Scutellerid Sautellara nohilisy Fabr., found 

 feeding on the leaves of Casearia tomentosa at Kalsi on the 

 Chakrata Road, Dehra Dun. 



In compliance with a request made to the Trustees of the Indian 

 Museum by the Government of India assist- 

 Indiaa silk insects for ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^ • ^^ -^ ^^ attempt to fur- 

 Queensland. , .-, p y-» ^ ■, • ^ 



nish the Government of Queensland with 



live stock for the introduction of the various semi-domesticated silk 

 insects cultivated in India. In the case of the tusser [Antkeraa myldta, 

 Drury) live cocoons were furnished through the kindness of Mr. E. F. 

 Keighly of Ghatal and forwarded in some excellent cases designed 

 for the purpose by Mr. E,. Chapman who was at the time in charge of 

 the current work of the Entomological Section, The first set proved a 

 failure, but subsequent consignments arrived in better condition, and on 

 5th May 1893 the Under-Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Bris- 

 bane, wrote that the moths were cutting out well, and that a fair supply 

 of impregnated eggs had been secured. 



In the case of the Bri {Attacus ricini, Boisd.) and the Muga 

 {Jnt/ieraa assania, Wesfcw.) the furnishing of specimens was under- 

 taken in consultation with the Indian Museum by the Department of 

 Land Records and Agriculture, Assam. Several consignments of newly 

 formed Eri cocoons were forwarded through the office of the Deputy 

 Commissioner of Kamrup, and after some failures, the insect being an 

 extremely difficult one to send alive owing to the shortness of the pei-iod 

 it passes in the pupal stage, success seems to have been obtained. Under 

 the date 1st July 1893 the Under-Secretary, Department of Agriculture, 

 Brisbane, Queensland, wrote : — 



" I have tlie honor to advise the receipt of one case containing ' Eri ' cocoons, 

 which came to hand in apparently ^ood condition. None o£ the moths had cut out 

 in transit and I hope we shall be able to conduct a successful experiment." 



In the case of the Muga, which is equally difficult to forward, notice 

 has been received from the Deputy Commissioner of Kamrup of the 

 despatch of three sets of live cocoons (the third being forwarded 3rd 

 November 1895), but intimation has not yet reached the Museum of 

 their arrival in Australia. 



The following report, dated 9th December 1893, by the Acting 



Principal, Madras College of Agriculture, to 



An experiment with ^j^g g^^^.^j ^f Kevenue, Madras, has been re- 



Leudon Purple. •■,,,, n /^ i 



ceived throuah the Government Central 



