CONTENTS. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



PAGE. 



1. Description of a new species of Oligotrophus from ftidia, by D. W. 



Coquillett . . I 



2. Descriptions of three new Parasitic Hymenoptera from India, by 



W. H. Ashmead, M.A 2 



3. Description of a new Serica destructive to Mallotus philippmsnsis, 



by Ernst Brenske ......... 4 



4. Notes on Helopeltis theivora, the ' Mosquito Blight ' of Tea, by 



Harold H. Mann, M.Sc 5 



5. Insecta Indica I. — Coleoptera 1 . . , . . . .14 



Notes on the Bostrichidce of the Indian Region, Part I, by the 

 Editor. 



6. A preliminary Report on two serious pests of the Indigo Plant by 



H. W. Peal, Assistant Entomologist, Indian Museum . . #43 



7. Insecta Indica II. — Coleoptera 2 ...... 47 



A note upon some predaceous Coccinellidae of the Indian 

 Region, Part I, by the Editor. 



NOTES ON INSECT PESTS FROM THE ENTOMOLOGICAL 

 SECTION, INDIAN MUSEUM. 



I.— Insect Pests of Fruit Trees .63 



II. — Insect Pests of Plants ........ 75 



III. — Insect Pests of Vegetables ....... 76 



IV.— Insects affecting Cereals and Crops . . . . . 78 



V. — Insect Pests of Sugar Cane . *„ ..... 82 



VI.— Insects affecting CoUon ........ 82 



VII.— Insect Pests of Tea . . . , .... 1 84 



VIII. — Insects affecting Fabrics ........ 85 



A Ceylon Pest 87 



Economic Entomology in Ceylon . * « 4 * 88 



