No. 1.] Miscellaneous Notes. 39 



The following is taken from a letter, dated 17th August 1894, by 

 J, - p Mr. G. M. Woodrow, Lecturer in Botany and 



Agriculture, College of Science, Poona, for- 

 warded by the Survey Commissioner and Director of Land Records 

 and Agriculture, Bombay : — 



" Bhunga. — Applied to several large flying insects; for example, the mango 

 weevil, the cocoanut beetle {Oryctes rhinoceros, Linn.), It is also applied to the 

 gram weevil. 



" Mova or Mava. — Applied to Aphides, to scale. 



" Alee or Alai. — Applied to caterpillars varying in length from half an 

 inch to one inch, generally green, attacking different field crops, as Brassica 

 oleracea, Cojanus indicus, Cicer arieiinum, cucumber, Dolichos lablah, Vtgna 

 catiaiig, etc. The same name is applied to larva; of some insects attacking 

 stored grain, as ba jree {Pennisetum typhoideum), rice {Oryza sati-va), etc. 



" Sonda-hida, Sonda or Pore-kida. — Applied to the wheat and rice weevil 

 {Calandra oryzce, Linn.). 



" Tol. — Applied to different species of locusts attacking various crops 



" Udhai Valvee. — Applied to the common white-ant, which is very destruc- 

 tive to inferior timber and other dried vegetable matter." 



The following is a report by the Sub-Assistant Superintendent, 



Gujarat Revenue Survey, on insect pests [in 

 Report from Gujarat. r' j- . • < r j j iu t. i.i o 



his district, forwarded through the burvey 



Commissioner and Director, Land Records and Agriculture, Bombay, 



in October 1894: — 



" Morkhai. — Morkhai is a disease which attacks the seedlings of cotton, tur, 

 and jowari. The seedlings look healthy to all outward appearance, but when 

 plucked they come off easily. The roots are cut clean off by a grub about an 

 inch beneath the surface soil. Rows and rows of seedlings are thus destroyed, 

 necessitating in severe cases a second sowing. In case of jowari the damage 

 done is not great, as offshoots spring up after the main stem withers away. The 

 damage done by this grub to crops attacked by it is rot great. The grub lives 

 underground and is not often observed by the cultivators. 



" Salo. — In addition to Morkhai, which attacks jowari seedlings, as described 

 above, another insect attacks jowari causing a disease called "Salo" in a 

 similar manner when the plants are half matured. The growing axis is eaten 

 off by the insect, destroying the main stem. Fresh offshoots spring up imme- 

 diately afterwards. The fresh offshoots, however, take a 'ong time to come to 

 maturity, and the crop is delayed in harvesting beyond the usual period. The 

 produce and size of the 'grain are also reduced by about half. This disease 

 appears but once in eight or ten years, and is not considered to cause a heavy 

 damage all over the district. 



