A? 



84 Indian 3hiseu»i Notes. [YoL III, 



field, so as to cause tlie plants to lie at an angle of about 45*^ with tlie horizon, thus 

 enabling the watei- to cover about half the plant including the nest before alluded to. I 

 am informed that during tlie j)rocess of dragging the milkhedge some of the juice of 

 this plant dissolves in the water and affects the insects in some way, but as far as I 

 could see, tlje insects were regularly drowned, and the addition of a little milkhedge 

 juice to the water would not, I think, make much difference. The water is allowed 

 to remain in the field for a whole day and is then drained off. Large Cycas branches 

 are planted in the field, but the reason for doing this does seem clear. The native 

 method of dealing with the insect in question appears to me to be quite eflficacious and 

 it has the further advantage of not requiring the purchase of London purple, 

 pump, etc. 



" The application of London purple in the present case seemed to do no harm 

 whatsoever to the insect, for the spray never reached either the nest or those parts of 

 the plant eaten by the insect, and I fail to see that any system of spraying could 

 distribute the solution low enough to affect the grub." 



In these Notes, Vol. Ill, p. 25, line 34), for " Mr. J. Sinclair," read 

 " Mr. W. F, Sinclair." In Vol. Ill, p. 16, 

 line 15, for " Solanum Melongena " read 

 ' Solanum tulerosum,'" 



G. I, C. p. 0.— JSlo 21b U.K. in A.— 14-11 94-1,025. 



