No. l.j Cotton. 83 



2* Dysdercus cingulatiis, Fabr. 



Order, Hemiptera. Family, Lygaeidce. 



Previous references.— I. M. Notes, Vol. I.. pp. in, 127, 212 ; Vol. II, pp. 33, 

 44, 136 ; Vol. I II, p. 57 (5) ; Vol. IV, pp. 37, 43. 

 (See Agric/Econ. Entom. Circ. No. 8.) 



This insect was reported to feed upon the leaves of the cotton plant 

 in May 1902. It was sent in company with the above described 

 bug. 



The insect has been previously reported as feeding upon cotton 

 at the Kirkee Government Farm near Poona, in the Punjab and at 

 Seringapatam. The bug is to be found all over the continent and has 

 at least three generations in the year, one appearing in March- May, a 

 second in August and a third in November-December. 



Remedies.— -If practicable, spray the plants with kerosene 

 emulsion. 



The Assistant Entomologist, Mr. Peal, has found that D. cingu~ 

 latus was attacked in Calcutta by a fungus, but nothing further seems 

 to have been noted upon this subject. 



Points in the life-history requiring fur ther observation, 



(1) The time spent in the young stages until the insects have 



acquired fully functional wings. 



(2) Time spent in the adult stage. 



(3) Number of generations in the year. 



3. Sylepta multilinealis, Green. 



Order, Lepidoptera. Sub-order, Heterocera. Family, Pyralidce. 



A small moth. Colour light yellow. Head and thorax spotted 

 with brown. All fore wings are covered with a close network of 

 brown lines. There is a brown edging to the outer margin of all 

 fore wings. 



The pupa from which a moth was bred out was found upon a 

 cotton plant leaf in a cotton field on the Cawnpore Farm towards 

 the end of August. The moth was identified in the Museum. 



4. Hymenia recurvalis 9 Fabr. Syn. for Zinckenia fascialis, 



Craw. 



Order, Lepidoptera, Sub-order, Heterocera. Family, Pyralidce. 



A small moth. Body and wings dark brown. The forewings 

 have two white streaks, one on the costa some distance from the apex 



