Nt). 3»] Notes on insect pests from the Enlomological Section. 141 



The result is a failure, the Napthaline did not prove to be a safeguard against 

 the attack of weevils. 



Result of storage in thegs, — Thegs are made of gunny in the shape of a 

 Cylinder like the rum vats but of equal circumference in both ende. 



In the thegs put up at Rawalpindi weevils germinated in large numbers. 



Lahore District. — Result of storage in pits. — At Ferozepore a pit was 

 constructed In which gram was stored on 31st December 1894. It was opened 

 about the end of March 1895, and the gram was found to be in a good state of 

 preservation, except a small quantity at the sides, which had become mouldy, 

 apparently through rain getting in. 



At Mian Mir, 1,810 maunds gram was placed into a pit 6 feet below ground 

 level and 6 feet above; i foot bhoosa laid at bottom and at top and round sides ; 

 top, sides and bottom were tarred inside. 



The pit was filled with gram on 29th and 30th June 1894 and opened on loth 

 April 1895. On opening, noxious smell and considerable heat was perceived. 

 One foot to ij foot of gram at top was weevil eaten ; at sides to 3 inches at bottom, 

 sides and bottom to 6 inches the gram was mildewed ; otherwise the gram was 

 sound with no marks of eggs, etc., in it, 



Result of storage in a Kaloti. — " Kaloti " is a small circular hard sun-baked 

 mud tower about 8 feet high, constructed gradually in circular layers of 2 feet each, 

 i| inches thick, with 6 inches bhoosa at bottom. 



It was filled with 63 maunds gram on 27th and 29th August 1894 and opened 

 on 25th April 1895. On opening, no smell or heat was perceptible, and the gram 

 was to all intents and purposes practically sound and even better than that in the 

 pit. Dryage or less found on weighing out 2 maunds 38 seers or 7*3 per cent, per 

 annum. The kalotis hold a very small quantity of grain. 



Note. — No report of loss by weevils has been recorded. 



Result of storage in thegs. — One thousand maunds gram, 2nd sort, were stored 

 in 4 thegs at Mooltan, but the experiment resulted in a loss to the State. 



SiRHiND District. — Result of storage in a pit. — Two thousand maunds new 

 wheat taken direct from the fields was placed in a pit which was made by enclosing 

 one end of the verandah of a godown. The pit was filled in on 30th May 1895 and 

 opened on 31st May 1896. The loss due to damages by weevil amounted to n*i3 

 per cent, per annum. The wheat stored in this pit was of the "Kutha" (hard) 

 kind. 



Result of storage in a "wooden vat. — A wooden vat in which rum used to be 

 stored, was utilized for storing wheat, 407 ; maunds wheat was put into it on the 2nd 

 July 1895. The pit was opened after 253 days and the wheat was found to be very 

 much weevil eaten. The wheat stored in the vat was of the " Pissia " (soft) kind. 



Result of storage in a masonry theg. — The masonry theg was made by 

 building up one corner 'of a godown and 20 maunds wheat was put into it on the 

 2ist July 1893 in the following manner :— A thick layer of bhoosa at the bottom 

 and sides, then a layer of wheat, next a layer of bhoosa, and then the 2nd layer of 

 wheat, and so on. On top there was a layer of bhoosa. 



It was opened on the 4th May 1894 with the following result :— 



Good wheat i»295l lbs. 



Weevil-eaten wheat * , . , 159^ „ 



Less . . o , . , 145 „ 



