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" This is just the reverse of what takes place if grubs are made to hybernate 

 by the application of cold j in that case, on recovery they pass quicl<ly through 

 their remaining stages. 



" It can therefore be seen that it would be very difficult to estimate the time 

 for the grub stage. Under favourable conditions six weeks would be a fair 

 estimate ; under unfavourable conditions it can take a year or more to develop 

 into a perfect insect. 



" My observations show that the ^gg must be allowed to hatch out in from 

 eight to sixteen days, after which it cannot keep. The perfect insect can lay up 

 or hybernate for two months, certainly not more. The chrysalis stage is like the 

 egg; this stage cannot be made to go beyond eight days." 



From the Subdivisional Officer, Bettiah, were received In Septem- 

 Hieroglyphus furcifer, beri894 some specimens of a grasshopper 

 ^^"^^" said to be destructive to sugarcane in his 



subdivision. 

 The insect proved to belong to the species Hieroglyphus furci- 

 fer, Sauss., which has previously been referred to in the pages of 

 these Notes as destructive to crops in different parts of India. 



In August 1894 specimens of Orthopterous insects were forwarded 

 Othoptera in Satara to the Museum by the Survey Commissioner 

 District. and Director, Land Records and Agriculture, 



Bombay, from the Collector of Satara. The insects were reported to 

 have caused a considerable amount of damage to the young jowari 

 crops in the Tasgaon taluka of the Satara district, where they are 

 locally called " Tol." 



The specimens consisted of the following species: — 



(i) Thirteen specimens of larva; of Chrotogonus sp. This 

 insect has previously been reported in the pages of these 

 Notes as doing injury to young crops of almost all 

 kinds. 



(2) Six specimens of larvae of Tryxalis turrita, Linn., pre- 



viously referred to in the pages of these Notes. 



(3) Numerous specimens of larvae, probably of Atractomorpha 



crenulata, Fabr., also previously reported in the pages 

 of these Notes. 



In July 1894 specimens of insect pests which affect crops in 



Insect pests from Khasi the Khasi and Jaintia Hills, together with 



and Jaintia Hills. copies of reports from the Subdivisional 



Officer, Jowai, and the Extra Assistant Commissioner, Shillong, were 



