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5. CUCUMBER BEETLE. 

 Aulacophora ahdominalis, Fabr, 



In April 1895, the Deputy Collector on special duty, Berhampore, 

 forwarded, through the Director, Land Records and Agriculture, 

 Bengal, specimens of an insect said to be injurious to leaves and 

 fruits of Cucumber vines in Berhampore. 



The examples proved to be a Chrysomelid beetle [Aulacophora 

 ahdominalis^ Fabr.) which has previously been reported as destructive 

 to Cucumber and several other plants in India; vide Indian Museum 

 Notes, Vol. I, No. 2, pp. 92 and 93, pi. IV, figs. 5 a and b. 



As regards the treatment adopted against this insect, the Deputy 

 Collector reported,that application with a mixture of i part of kerosene 

 oil, I part of sour milk and 100 parts of water, proved an effectual 

 remedy in exterminating the pest. 



6. THE LOCUST. 



Acridium peregrinum. 



On the 24th May 1895, some specimens of the migratory locust 

 [Acridtum peregrinum, Olvr.) were forwarded to the Indian Museum^ 

 by the Survey Commissioner and Director, Land Records and Agri- 

 culture, Bombay. According to the information furnished, the flight 

 of locusts was reported to have come on the 3rd instant from the 

 Shikarpur Taluka, in the south, and settled on " Kirir " {Copparis 

 aphylla) trees in the Thul Taluka of the Upper Sind Frontier, and 

 after three days' stay, the swarm seemed to have moved north- 

 wards to the Khan of Kelat's Territory. No injury was done to the 

 crops. 



7. MISCELLANEOUS INSECTS DESTRUCTIVE 

 TO CEREALS AND CROPS. 



(i) In April 1895, specimens of several kinds of insects, said to be 

 destructive to agricultural crops in Berhampore, were forwarded to 

 the Indian Museum through the Director, Land Records and Agri- 

 culture, Bengal, from the Deputy Collector on special duty, Berham* 

 pore. The specimens comprised as follows : — 



{a) Insects destructive to bean leaves [Dolichos bengalensis) con- 

 sisted of numerous specimens of a young caterpillar of a moth, the 

 material being insufficient for precise identification. 



