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Desiderata in the Entomology of India. 



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different kinds employed by the natives, to drive out those which annoy 

 them? Experiment on the formic acid. If the White- Ants' nests are 

 ever used as ovens. 



l"^— White -Ants. Collect all species; attend to their parasites, par- 

 ticularly the Beetles, ^Yhich attack them, and are found in their nests. 



15. — What insects are eaten as food ? Their Indian names. What 

 Locusts are eaten, &c. ? 



16. — Mark those insects which cause any particular destruction of 

 crops, and if the destruction is periodical. 



17. — Mark all luminous insects. Ascertain if the Lantern Fly is 

 luminous^ it is disputed. 



18. — What species of Mygale are in India? Their habits. What 

 spiders yield silks, such as are found in commerce ? 



19. — What species of vesicatory insects are used in India ? If any 

 besides Lytta and Mylahris. If any insects are used medicinally. Their 

 names. 



20. Record any instance of death occasioned by insects, by Bees, 

 Wasps, Hornets, or Uy Flyblowing, &c. Any ailments produced by in- 

 sects swallowed in the larva state, &c. 



21. — Is Resinc Anhne a preservative against the attacks of insects ? 

 Said to be used in corking bottles. Is cloth coloured by Indigo ever at- 

 tacked by the White- Ants and other insects ? 



22. — Any native remedies against Cockroaches? Collect all species 

 of, and particularly all sorts of Earwigs. 



23. — Native remedies used after the stings of insects, and the attacks 

 of Gnats, Scorpions, Centipedes, &c. • 



24. — Note all insects infesting houses. Does any true Ptlnus occur in 

 the East Indies ? 



25. —Species of JEstrm attacking quadrupeds; collect them. Do any 

 attack man in the East ? 



26. — Collect all Aquatic Beetles. Do the Gyrene of India emit a pe- 

 culiar smell ? Do the Carahe emit an ammoniacal odour ? 



27. - Collect all Land-Crabs and inland Crustacea. 



28. — Observe particularly the insects which destroy corn, rice, and all 

 stores. What checks are in use ? 



29. — Note any extraordinary migration of Caterpillars, and indeed of 

 all other insects. 



30. — The Mole Cricket of the East Indies. What are its habits ? 



31. — Note the appearance of the clouds of Locusts. 



32. — What are the preservatives used by the Indians in guarding their 

 feathers and shawls ? Colocynth supposed to be used. 



