193 Indian Museum Notes. [ Vcl. IV. 



2. Cotton pests. 

 a- Oxycarenus lugubris, Motsch. 



The Egyptian Cotton bug. 



Specimens of this insect have been received in the Indian 

 Museum in May 1897, through the Director, Land Records and Agri- 

 culture, Panjab, from the Superintendent of the Experimental Farm, 

 Nagpur, who wrote : — 



" These insects are doing great damage to the green bolls. They bore small 

 holes when the boll is green and consequently it never comes to perfection. The 

 plants are in such a thriving condition that one will admire to look at them. As 

 for Cairo cotton plant growing, I have been thoroughly successful, but these insects 

 are doing such a damage that if they continue to live for a month more, I will 

 not get a single perfect boll." 



This insect has previously been reported from several parts of 

 India in connection with cotton, vide Indian Museum NoteSy Vol. II, 

 pp. 32-35, and Vol. Ill, No. 5, p. 56. The description of it may be 

 found in a paper on Indian Rhynchotaby the late Mr. E. T. Atkinson 

 in the pages of these Notes {Indian Museum Notes^ Vol, I, 

 p. 188). 



b. Noctues caterpillar destructive to cotton. — In August 1897, 

 specimens of a caterpillar said to attack cotton crop in the Poona 

 Farm were received in the Museum from the Assistant Superinten- 

 dent, Poona Farm, Kirkee. 



The specimens proved to be the larvae of a Noctues moth, which 

 Cannot be precisely identified without the examination of the imago 

 into which they develope. 



3. Poppy pests. 



a. Noctues moths. — Specin^ens of insects reported to be attack- 

 ing poppy plants in Azamgarh have been received in the Indian 

 Museum through the Director ^f Land Records and Agriculture, 

 North-West Provinces and 0"dh, from the Sub-Deputy Opium 

 Agent, Azamgarh, 



