No. 6.] Miscellaneona Notes from the Eiitnmolof)ical Section. 



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The abovo sliows the Lygaoid Loldtd graucUs, Grey, roferreil to iu 

 (bcse Notes, Vol. 11, p. 1G6, as attacking' the cotton platifc. The figui-e 

 is natural size. 





Ihe nbove shows ihe remaiuS of a beam of wood from the neiffhboUr- 

 nood of Calcutta, whicb had been attacked by white ants. The species 

 responsible is likely to have been the Tefmes /ajvohanBs, Walker^ referred 

 to in these Notes, Vol. 1 11^ p* 140. The figure, which is about 

 one-seventh natural size, shows the supports left by tlie insects to bear 

 the weight, of the earth and rubbish that lay above the beam. Most of 

 these supports, but not all of them, consist of a kriob in the centre 

 strengthened by a little of the surrounding wood-tissuck 



