No. 3.] Forest trees. 113 



Noctuidae of the moths, a process block of the larva, pupa and 

 imago of which are given in "Indian Museum Notes," vol. iii, page 

 93 (1896). See also vol. lii, n. 3, page in (1896), and vol. v, n. 1, 

 p. 32 (1900). 



Some bugs were found to be attacking the caterpillars of Hyblosa 

 puera, Cramer. They have been identified as Canthecona furcellata, 

 Wolff. Sub-family Asopince, Family Pentatomidas, Order Hemiptera 

 by Mr. W. L. Distant, and one of them has been figured on plate 

 xvi, fig. 5. 



On Gmelina arborea, Linn. Natural Order Verbenacew. The 



Kumbhir or Gumbhar tree. 



1. Plotheia celtis, Moore. Family Noctuidse. Sub-order Phaloenge, 

 Order Lepidoptera. 



In June, 1901, the larva of this moth was found commonly in 

 Calcutta feeding on the leaves of Gmelina arbor "ea, Linn., a tree 

 which produces the wood which is largely used for making native 

 drums or " tom-toms.'' Further notes on this moth will be found on 

 page 108, as the larva is found also on the country almond tree 

 Terminalia catappa, Linn. 



On Mallotus Moxburghianus, MuelL Natural Order JEJu- 

 p7iorbiacece. Vernacular name Phasari Malabar. 



1. Prox. Sinoxylon basilare, Say. Family Bostrychidae. Order 

 Coleoptera. 



Plate viii, figs. 3, 3^, and ^b show the adult beetle X 4. 



In April, 1900, Mr. C. Gilbert Rogers, Deputy Conservator of 

 Forests, Darjiling division, sent to the Indian Museum, Calcutta, 

 three pieces of branches of a tree known as " Phasari Malabar " by 

 the natives which were found to be tunnelled by the larvae of some 

 beetle. On emerging they proved to be specimens of a bostrychid 

 beetle. They were forwarded to Mr. L. O. Howard, Entomologist, 

 United States Department of Agriculture, who kindly had them 

 identified by Professor A. D. Hopkins, who pronounced them to be a 

 new species prox. Sinoxilon basilare, Say., Family Bostrychidoe, 

 Order Coleoptera. Subsequently Mr. Howard wrote that Mr. 

 Schwarz examined the specimens, and says that it belongs to the 

 genus Sinoxylon, but that it is a new species, which will probably 

 be described in Mr. Lesne's monograph of the Bostrychidae now 

 being published in the Annales of the Entomological Society of 

 France. Mr. Howard further notes that the Sinoxylon figured at the 



