2iS Indian Museum Notes, [Vol. IV. 



Hab. — W. Indies ; S. Africa ; throughout India, Burma and 

 Ceylon ; Java ; New Guinea ; Cape York. Exp. 32-40 millim. 



7. Psychid caterpillar injurious to Chir. — Babu Sadanand Gai- 

 rola, of the Forest Department, Chakrata, North-West Provinces, for- 

 warded to the Indian Museum in June 1897 specimens of an insect 

 said to attack Chir [Pinus longifolia) in the Jaunsar Forest division. 



The specimens consisted of larva-cases of a Psychid moth probably 

 belonging to the genus Clania. Babu Sadanand Gairola wrote : — 



" I saw any number of them lying about or sticking to the stalks of grass. 

 But by March the cases were observed to be generally empty, the insects having 

 apparently transformed 



"It will be observed that the cases externally are made of pieces of the bark of 

 Chir. But they were not seen attached to those trees and the specimens sent were 

 indeed found attached to the stalks of grass." 



8. Poplar and Willow tree pest — \Chrysohothris sp'i\ — From 

 Lieutenant C, O. Tanner have been received, through the Director, 

 Land Records and Agriculture, Bengal, in July iSgS, speci- 

 mens of an insect with the information that they have done great 

 damage to forest trees in Chaman, Baluchistan. The insect is said to 

 attack chiefly soft wood trees, namely, the white Poplars and Willows, 

 and it rarely touches hard wood trees such as Mulberry, Almond and 

 Apricot, etc., but those soft wood trees that get a plentiful supply of 

 water seem to suffer less than others. 



The specimens proved to be the larvse of a Buprestid beetle 

 probably belonging to the genus Chrysobothris. 



The following is an extract from Lieutenant C. 0. Tanner's letter 

 dated loth August 1897 '- — 



" This pest attacks all soft-wood trees (such as Poplars and Willows) and eats 

 away the wood fibre from the weather side principally. So far as I can ascertain 

 it works upwards from the roots, as several young trees, which have died this 

 year, do not appear to be affected above that point. In some cases it eats through 

 the tree at half its height when the first strong wind breaks off the upper half. " 



g. Grasshoppers destructive to Chil and Bamboo.—ln September 

 1897, specimens of grasshoppers belonging to the isLtnUy Ac ridid^ 

 were forwarded to the Museum, through the Director of Imperial 

 Forest School, Dera Dhun, from the Deputy Conservator 

 of Forests, Kangra Division, as the locusts which had 



