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  of 
  other 
  insect 
  larvae. 
  They 
  superficially 
  resemble 
  fly-maggots 
  and 
  

   are 
  found 
  in 
  seeds 
  hollowed 
  out 
  by 
  the 
  Pink 
  Boll 
  Worms. 
  The 
  adult 
  

   insects 
  are 
  very 
  common 
  just 
  after 
  the 
  cotton 
  picking 
  in 
  the 
  sheds 
  

   where 
  unginned 
  cotton 
  is 
  stored, 
  and 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  flying 
  over 
  the 
  

   cotton 
  and 
  crawling 
  amongst 
  the 
  lint. 
  Nearly 
  all 
  through 
  the 
  year 
  

   they 
  may 
  be 
  taken 
  flying 
  over 
  the 
  large 
  thistles 
  common 
  on 
  the 
  margins 
  

   of 
  the 
  desert 
  near 
  Me'adi, 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  appear 
  very 
  particular 
  in 
  their 
  

   choice 
  of 
  a 
  victim, 
  provided 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  boring 
  insect. 
  It 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  

   more 
  than 
  one 
  host 
  larva 
  is 
  destroyed 
  and 
  although 
  not 
  yet 
  definitely 
  

   observed 
  feeding 
  on 
  Earias 
  larvae 
  (Common 
  Boll 
  Worms) 
  they 
  prob- 
  

   ably 
  do 
  so. 
  

  

  A 
  New 
  Cotton 
  Insect. 
  Cryptohlahes 
  gnidiella. 
  Mill., 
  a 
  small 
  Pyralid 
  

   moth, 
  has 
  been 
  bred 
  from 
  cotton 
  bolls 
  collected 
  at 
  Belqas 
  and 
  Desuq 
  

   in 
  November 
  1912 
  and 
  at 
  Damanhur 
  in 
  December 
  1913. 
  This 
  very 
  

   widely 
  distributed 
  species 
  also 
  occurs 
  in 
  Europe, 
  and 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  

   general 
  feeder. 
  It 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  reared 
  from 
  pomegranates 
  from 
  Giza 
  

   in 
  July 
  1912. 
  As 
  yet 
  it 
  has 
  caused 
  no 
  appreciable 
  damage 
  to 
  the 
  

   cotton 
  crop. 
  

  

  The 
  Kharga 
  Oasis 
  Date 
  Worm. 
  The 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  dates 
  yielded 
  

   by 
  the 
  400,000 
  palms 
  in 
  the 
  Kharga 
  Oasis 
  is 
  infinitely 
  inferior 
  to 
  the 
  

   fruit 
  exported 
  from 
  the 
  neighbouring 
  Oasis 
  of 
  Dakhla. 
  This 
  is 
  due 
  

   to 
  a 
  great 
  extent 
  to 
  the 
  ravages 
  of 
  the 
  larva 
  of 
  a 
  Pyralid 
  moth, 
  Ephestia 
  

   cautella, 
  Walk., 
  which 
  feeds 
  on 
  the 
  dates 
  when 
  half 
  -ripe. 
  The 
  

   inhabitants 
  of 
  the 
  Oasis 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  pick 
  their 
  dates 
  half-ripe 
  and 
  roast 
  

   them 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  kill 
  the 
  larvae. 
  The 
  larvae 
  leave 
  the 
  dates 
  to 
  pupate, 
  

   spinning 
  a 
  very 
  loose 
  cocoon, 
  consisting 
  only 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  threads. 
  The 
  

   author 
  found 
  them 
  in 
  1912 
  pupating 
  in 
  the 
  date 
  store 
  of 
  the 
  Western 
  

   Oasis 
  Company, 
  behind 
  loose 
  plaster 
  and 
  in 
  cracks 
  of 
  the 
  wall. 
  This 
  

   species 
  is 
  often 
  parasitised 
  hjRhogas 
  kitcheneri, 
  Dudgeon 
  and 
  Gough, 
  

   and 
  also 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  Delta, 
  where, 
  however, 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  

   do 
  much 
  damage. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  feeding 
  on 
  pomegranates 
  and 
  

   has 
  been 
  bred 
  from 
  pears 
  imported 
  from 
  Beyrut. 
  

  

  The 
  Pomegranate 
  Butterfly. 
  Although 
  the 
  pomegranate 
  butterfly, 
  

   Virachola 
  (Deudorix) 
  livia, 
  Klug, 
  is 
  well 
  known 
  t 
  cultivators 
  of 
  

   pomegranates 
  from 
  the 
  damage 
  its 
  larvae 
  does 
  to 
  xheir 
  fruit, 
  the 
  

   mature 
  insect 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  often 
  observed 
  by 
  them. 
  

   The 
  eggs 
  are 
  laid 
  on 
  the 
  fruit 
  soon 
  after 
  they 
  have 
  set 
  ; 
  the 
  

   young 
  larvae 
  penetrate 
  into 
  the 
  pomegranates 
  and 
  feed 
  there. 
  A 
  

   "sooty 
  mould" 
  often 
  follows 
  these 
  ravages. 
  The 
  larvae 
  leave 
  the 
  

   fruit 
  to 
  pupate. 
  The 
  butterflies 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  wing 
  in 
  April-May, 
  

   July-August, 
  and 
  in 
  December-January. 
  In 
  Eg5rpt 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  

   feed 
  on 
  pomegranates, 
  dates, 
  and 
  sunt 
  pods 
  {Acacia 
  arabica), 
  and 
  at 
  

   Aden 
  on 
  pods 
  of 
  Acacia 
  edgworthi. 
  The 
  best 
  method 
  of 
  preventing 
  

   damage 
  is 
  by 
  " 
  bagging 
  " 
  the 
  fruit 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  it 
  sets, 
  i.e. 
  in 
  March 
  

   or 
  April. 
  Transparent 
  paper, 
  coarse 
  mushn, 
  or 
  palm-leaf 
  bags 
  do 
  

   very 
  well 
  for 
  the 
  purpose. 
  In 
  addition, 
  all 
  damaged 
  fruit 
  should 
  be 
  

   collected 
  and 
  buried 
  at 
  least 
  two 
  feet 
  deep. 
  

  

  Dudgeon 
  (G. 
  C.) 
  & 
  Gough 
  (L. 
  H.). 
  Description 
  of 
  two 
  Braconids 
  

   parasitic 
  on 
  Earias. 
  — 
  Agric. 
  Jl. 
  of 
  Egypt, 
  Cairo, 
  iii, 
  (1913), 
  no. 
  2, 
  

   1914, 
  pp. 
  108-110, 
  2 
  pis. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  new 
  species 
  described 
  are 
  Rhogas 
  kitcheneri 
  and 
  R. 
  lefroyi. 
  

   R. 
  kitcheneri 
  is 
  parasitic 
  on 
  the 
  Egyptian 
  boll 
  worm 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  on 
  

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