No, 3,] Notes on insect pests from the Entomological Section, \2\ 



(4) Tineid caterpillar. — From the Officiating Reporter on Eco- 

 nomic Products to the Government of India were received in 

 September 1896 specimens ot insects said to be attacking tea 

 leaves in Burma. No particulars accompanied the specimens 

 which consisted of some larvae of an unknown moth belonging to the 

 family Tineidse. 



(5) Beetles. — In September 1896 specimens of insects said to 

 be more or less directly injurious to tea plants in Assam were 

 forwarded to the Museum through Mr. D. Hooper, Officiating 

 Reporter on Economic Products to the Government of India. 



No special report accompanied the insects which comprised the 

 following : — 



{a) A Chrysomelid beetle of the species Diapromorpha mela- 

 nopus, Lacord. 



This insect has been previously recorded in the pages of these 

 Notes as attacking tea plants in Sibsagar, Assam. It is commonly 

 known among the tea planters as the "orange^'' beetle. 



{b) A Chrysomelid beetle probably belonging to the species 

 Criocerus impressa, Fabr. 



{c) A Chrysomelid beetle identified with Oides bipunctata^ F'abr. 



II.— INSECTS DESTRUCTIVE TO CEREALS AND CROPS. 

 I. Jjeptocorisa acuta, Thunb. 



The Rice Sapper, 



Reports and specimens of this common rice bug were received 

 in the Indian Museum from the undermentioned officers as being 

 very destructive to paddy crops both in the Bengal and Madras 

 Presidency during the year 1895-96. 



A full account of the pest may be found in Indian Museum 

 Notes, Vol. I, No. i, pp. i to 4. 



(a) Through the Director, Land Records and Agriculture, Bengal, 

 from the Manager, Court of Wards, Backergunge, who wrote 

 on 3rd December, 1^95 •—■ 



" I have the honour to forward some *•' Mewa" insects which are doing damage 

 to the paddy crops in some parts of the Dakhin Shabazpur Purgana." 



[b) From the Deputy Director of Land Records and Agriculture, 

 Madras, who reported on 25th February 1896 :— 



" I have the honour to advise you of the despatch to-day of a small box 

 containing insects which, I am informed, do a good deal of damage to paddy in 



