50 Indian Museum Notes. ([Vol. V. 



(tit) KuTKi (Panicum sp.) PEST. 



In October 1899, the Reporter on Economic Products to the 

 Government of India forwarded us specimens of a small beetle, 

 said to be attacking the Kutki (Panicum sp.) crop in the Central 

 Provinces. These beetles on examination proved to be Epicauta 

 rouxi, Cast. They were reported in 1893 to be attacking crops of 

 Yellow Cholum (Solgum vulgare). 



(iv) Maize Pest. 



In March 1899, the Director of Land Records and Agriculture, 

 North- West Provinces and Oudh, forwarded specimens of cater- 

 pillars which were reported to be damaging maize. It was 

 impossible to identify the caterpillars with any certainty, but they 

 were apparently the larvae of a Noctues moth. 



(v) Juar Pests. 



In March 1899, tne Reporter on Economic Products to the 

 Government of India forwarded some insects which were found in 

 Juar received from Burma. 



On examination these proved to be the common rice weevil 

 Calandra oryzse, Linn., together with three specimen of a beetle 

 belonging to the family Cucujidse, and six specimens of a Tineid 

 moth, both unrepresented in our collection. 



(vi) Ground-nut Pests. 



In January 1900, two moths, reared from caterpillars infesting 

 the ground-nut crops in the South Arcot district, Madras, were 

 received from Mr. C. A. Barber, Government Botanist. They 

 proved to be Creatonotus moorei, Butl.j and Creatonotus albistriga^ 

 Walk. — moths of the family Arctiidse. C. albistriga is figured on 

 plate VI (figs. 3—4). 



In 1892 a specimen of C. moorei was reared in the Museum from 

 caterpillars forwarded from Madras, which were reported to be 

 damaging the ground-nut crop in Panruti, South Arcot district. 



Together with these two moths Mr. C. A. Barber also forwarded 

 some specimens of a Microlepidopterous moth. These he reported 

 to be even more injurious to the ground-nut crop. Unfortunately 

 the specimens arrived in too rubbed and battered a condition to be 

 possibly identified. 



