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In " Indian Museum Notes," vol. ii, n. i,pp. 9, 10 (1891), the tineid 

 moth Setomorpha rutella, Zeller, as identified by Lord Walsingham, 

 was reported to be destructive to bales of country blanketing. 

 Colonel Mackesy, Superintendent and Agent for Army Clothing, 

 Alipore, near Calcutta, on 19th December, 1887, wrote, " I beg to 

 forward a box containing debris taken from a bale of country 

 blanketing which was baled up and dammered about two years ago. 

 The blankets are destroyed completely by these insects. It would 

 be impossible to open such bales periodically for brushing and beat- 

 ing." Some of the pupae sent emerged between December 20th. 

 and 29th, 1887. The moth is referred to again, /.£., p. 164, n. 152 

 On 25th March, 1901, Mr. J. H. Durrant returned the specimens to 

 the Museum, saying that it was thought that they might — tineoides 

 Walshingham, but they are distinct, and that the identification is 

 confirmed. 



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