No. 4.] Notes on Insect pests front the Entomological Section, 184 



wing with a triangular hyaline space from exterior margin ; the 

 anterior and abdominal margins fuliginous- brown J thorax with two 

 black spots in front, and one on each side; base of abdomen black. 

 Expanse i^ inch. 



Hab. — Cachar, Java. 



5, Astyciis lateralis, Fabr. 



(Order Coleoptera, Fam. CurculionidfE.) 



Astycus lateralis, Fabr. Ent. Syst, I, 2, p, 454; — Gylh. Schh. Gen. Cur. II 

 p. 92; — Bohem. Schh. Gen. Cure. VI, i, p. 249. 

 „ obtusus, Sturm. Cat. 1826, p. 172. 

 „ rutilans, Oliv. Ent. V. 83, p. 333, t. 25, f, 367. 



Through Dr. G. Watt, Reporter on Economic Products to the 

 Government of India, were received in the Museum in July 1897, 

 specimens of a weevil said to be attacking tea plants in Assam. 

 The original sender wrote concerning them that " they came during 

 one night in thousands and simply stripped the bushes they w^ere on." 

 Fortunately they are easy to catch. 



The specimens proved to be the same as Asticus lateralis, Fabr. 

 which has previously been recorded as attacking various plants in 

 different parts of India. 



In i88g, Mr. Beck submitted specimens of this insect for examina^ 

 tion, and reported, that they attacked the leaves of the "Some" 

 plant in the Raj Gardens, Darbhunga. In Vol. II, Indian Museum 

 A'c'if^.y, page 151, it is referred to as '^ a small greenish weevil reported 

 in the beetle stage as defoliating vau\her:ty{Morus) bushes in Rangoon. 

 Also thought to be the species which has been reported by 

 Mr. Thompson as tunnelling into the timber of Chir {Pinus longifolia) 

 in the North- Western Provinces; in this case the injury is no doubt 

 done by the larvse of the insect." 



6, Diapromorpha inelanopus, Lacord, 



(Order Coleoptera, Fam. Chrysomelidse.) 

 Diapromorpha melajiopus, Lacord. Mon. p. 238; Deg. Cat, 3, ed., p. 442. 

 „ pallens, Oliv. Ent. VI. 96, p. 863, t. 2, i. 27. 



In July 1897, specimens of a beetle which proved to be 

 Diapromorpha melanopus^ Lacord, were sent to the Museum by 



