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species of beetles which were found to destroy the tissues of sugar- 

 cane. They bore small tunnels through the tissue of the cane, and 

 reduce it to powder, leaving the vascular system practically un- 

 touched. 



One beetle was pronounced by M. P. Lesne, of the Natural 

 History Museum, Paris, to be the cosmopolitan warm region species 

 Dinoserus minutus, Fabricius, Family Bostrychidae ; the second 

 beetle was pronounced by Mr. M. A. Grenville to be Lasmotmetus 

 ferrugineus, Gerst., Family Cucujidse ; and the third beetle was 

 identified by M. J. Desbrochers des Loges to be Sitophilus oryzas^ 

 Linnaeus, Family Curculiom'da?, which he says is found all over the 

 world. 



The first species, Dinoderus minutus, Fabricius, has been 

 referred to in "Indian Museum Notes,'* vol. i, n. 1, p. 43 (1889); 

 in vol. ii, n. 6, p. 150, n. 21 (1893) ; in vol. iii, n. 3, p. 123, process 

 block of imago dorsal and lateral views, antenna, fore, mid, and 

 hind legs (1896) ; in vol. iv, n. 1, p. 37 (1896); and n. 3, p. 135 (1899) 

 as in all cases being destructive to bamboo in various parts of India. 

 It is figured in Bulletin No. 7, 1900, Agricultural Series, No. 6, Depart- 

 ment of Land Records and Agriculture, Bengal, on " Saccharum, 

 sugar, diseases, pests, etc., to which the sugarcane is subject, " by 

 Lieutenant A. T. Gage, M.A., M.B., B.Sc. This paper deals with sugar- 

 cane diseases in Bengal. Dr. Gage records the following varieties of 

 sugarcane as affected by the shot-borer, Dinoderus minutus^ 

 Fabricius: — " Chinia " or ".Tikh " or " Ketari " variety at the Soupoul 

 sub-division of Bhagalpur; " Mango, Bhoorli, and Bansahi " varieties 

 of cane at Beheea, East Indian Railway ; " Belati, Bheula, Mukhi and 

 Nori" varieties at Bogra; " Kunri, Shamsara, Puri, Kajooli and 

 Basta" varieties at Burdwan ; " Auck, Ganna or Gandari, Kooshur, " 

 etc., varieties at Dacca ; " Reora " and " Bhuli" varieties from Saran 

 and Darbhanga districts respectively, where the disease is known as 

 " Pilna;" " Mugi, Saheban, Kheri, Kajla and Banisha" varieties at 

 Dinajpur ; sugarcane from Faridpur; a variety known as <: .Nola" 

 from the Jhenida sub-division, and " Dhulsundur and Wajli" varie- 

 ties from the Narail sub-division, both in Jessore ; "Shamsara, Bombai, 

 Bhoori and Kajli" varieties from Midnapore ; " Shamsara" variety in 

 the Tamluk sub-division of Midnapore ; (< Bhooli " variety from the 

 Begusarai sub-division, and " Mango, Maneria and Rounda" varieties 

 in the Jamni sub-division, both in Monghyr ; " Chinia, Ketar and 

 Mango" varieties from the Barbigha police station in the Jamni sub- 

 division ; " Sakor Chinia, Maneria, Mango and Rounda" varieties 

 from the Sikandra police station, also in the Jamni subdivision ; 



