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two specimens of a Noctues moth, Leucania loreyt,^ Dup., and 

 eleven specimens of a Microlepidopterous moth, belonging to the 

 family Crambidae, 



(3) In May 1895, some specimens of cabbage leaf infested by 

 insects were forwarded by the Sub-divisional Officer, Alipur, Duars, 

 through the Director of Agriculture, Bengal. 



The leaves arrived in the Museum in such a bad state of pre- 

 servation that nothing could be made of them; they, however, 

 appeared to be attacked by caterpillars of some kind. The following 

 is an extract from a letter ficm the Sub-divisional Officer, Alipur, 

 Duars: — 



" Insects have proved very injurious to vegetables such as cauTi-flowers, beet- 

 roots and cabbages. Mr. Basu, Assistant Director of Agriculture, who visited 

 this sub-division during the year under report, was of opinion that the use of 

 dung manure favoured the generation of these insects, I send you a few 

 specimens of the insect, and some vegetable leaves destroyed by them for your 

 inspection in a separate cover. Mr. Basu says that the use of bone manure will 

 reduce the number of the insects, very considerably, but there is strong prejudice 

 amongst the Hindus against the use of this kind of manure. Mr. Sunder, while 

 Settlement Officer of the Western Duars, tried his best to introduce bone manure, 

 but the people would not use it." 



(4) In September 1895, specimens, were forwarded to the 

 Museum., by the Director, Land Records, North-Western Provinces 

 and Oudh, of a species of Curculionid beetle, which has proved 

 injurious to Egyptian cottons crops at the Government Experimental 

 Farm, Cawnpore. 



The specimens appeared to be new to the Museum collection, so 

 have been sent to Mons. Desbrochers des Logus for identification. 



(5) Specimens of two kinds of insects destructive to Arhar crop 

 have been received from the Director, Land Records, North-Western 

 Provinces and Oudh, in April 1896. They consisted, as follows: — 



(a) Numerous larvae and chrysalids of a Microlepidopterous 

 moth ; (b) Specimens of a Noctues caterpillar, the materials being 

 insufficient for precise identification. 



(6) In May 1894, specimens of insects were forwarded to the 

 Indian Museum through the Officiating Director, Department o^ 

 Land Records and Agriculture, Burma, from the Superintendent of 

 Land Records, Mandalay, with the information that they were doing 

 damage to agricultural crops in the Mandslay District. 



• This moth has previously been referred to In Indian Museum Notes, Vol. i, 

 p. 51, as very destructive to paddy crops in Sambalpur, Central Provinces. — E, B, 



