136 - Indian Museum Notes. [Vol. IV. 



2. Scarabaeid beetle(sub-fam. Rutelini) injurious to rose-treesand 

 Cannas in Calcutta, identified by Herr Ernst Brenske as belonging 

 to Adoretus cardom (see pi. XI, fig. 4), a species which he has 

 described in the Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 

 Tome XXXII, 1893. The specimens were sent to the Museum by 

 Surgeon-Major G. Ranking of Calcutta. 



3. Dipterous parasite bred from the larvae of the moth Trahula 

 vishnu, destructive to castor oil-seed tree in Calcutta. This was 

 kindly identified by Mr. F. M. vander Wulf as being the male 

 of Crossocosmia sericaria, Rondani, the same species which is 

 parasitical on silk-worms and other moths (see Indian Museum 

 Notes, Volume III, No. 5, page 8). He reports that it seems to be 

 a very common species in Japan, British India, Java, etc., as it is 

 found in nearly every collection of Diptera from the oriental regions. 



4. Dipterous parasite bred from the larva of Enome ampla^ 

 Walk., destructive to Peepul tree in Calcutta. Specimens sent 

 to Mr. F. M. vander Wulf were in too bad a condition to be 

 recognized with any certainty. He, however, reports that the insect 

 seems to be a species of the genus Masicera. 



5. Aphids infesting the leaves of Crysanthemum plant in 

 Calcutta, identified by Mr. G. B. Buckton as belonging to the species 

 Aphis crysanthemij Koch. 



VI.-REPORTS OF RESULTS OF REMEDIES, etc, TRIED DURING 



THE YEAR 1895-96. 



(i) Paris Green, Bordeaux Mixture, and Kerosene 

 Emulsion, etc. 



In a letter dated 27th May 1895 the late Lieut. -Colonel G. Gaisford, 

 Political Agent, Quetta, reported: — ♦*'' I am experimenting with 

 Paris green and Bordeaux mixture combined. So far I do not 

 see any good has resulted. This is the more strange as we have had 

 no rain, and the poisons are certainly still on both leaves and 

 branches. I will let you know if any results^ likely to be of general 

 benefit, accrue. 



The kerosene emulsion I find a great success. I used it on a 

 bellow sprayer, for the Aphis on my rose-buds, for young twigs on 

 fruit trees, which are affected. I use an old fruit can full of the 

 emulsion. A roan just dips each twig in (and the Aphis are only 



