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great use to the cultivators, who will take measures to destroy it, and guard against 

 its attack in future. The cultivators do not know what kind of flies these are, and 

 know nothing about their habits and propensities." 



The insect proved to be the same as Lcpttspa pygtnsva^ Baly, a 

 minute Chrysomelid beetle which has previously been recorded in a 

 short article in the pages of these notes as attacking sugarcane in 

 Poona. 



The following is the description of the insect taken from 

 the Catalogue of Ceylon Hespidse by Joseph S, Baly, M. E. S.j etc. 



Leptispa pygmoea. L. elongata, angustata, cylindrica, Ifete 

 viridi-aenea, subtus nigra ; thorace subquadrato minus crebre punctato, 

 lateribusantice rotundatis ; elytris punctato-striatis, ad apicem sub- 

 sulcatis ; antennarum articulo basali compresso, apice truncato, 

 extrorsum dilatato. 



Long. 2 lin, 



L, narrow, elongate, cylindrical, deep metallic green. Head 

 slightly flattened above, covered with irregular punctures ; basal 

 joint of antennas compressed and dilated externally at its apex 

 truncate. Thorax subquadrate; sides straight and parallel, rounded 

 near their apex, narrowly margined, anterior margin indistinctly 

 produced, rounded; above convex, coarsely punctured, puncturing 

 rather less deeply impressed and less crowded, especially towards 

 the sides, than in L. filiformis. Scutellum black, impunctate. 

 Elytra scarcely broader than the thorax ; sides parallel ; apex less 

 acutely rounded, dehiscent at the suture ; above convex, deeply 

 punctate-striate, striae towards the apex of the elytra subsulcate. 

 Beneath entirely black. 



3. Tani/niecus indicits, Faust. 



(Ord, Coleoptera, Fam. Curculionidae.) 

 Injurious to poppy, wheat, etc. 



This insect was first brought to our notice in December 1891 

 when it was reported from Ghazipur as doing injury to the seedlings 

 of the Poppy {Papaver sommfdrutn) plant. Notes on the pest were 

 published at the time in Indian Museum Notes, Volume ill. No. i, 

 pages 12 and 1 18. 



