lower side with small sharp points of a canary yellow coloi 
when fresh. This was I think the spore producing part of th 
fungus ( Hymenium ) and serves to identify the plant. 
lliis fungus probably establishes itself in the ground from th 
fallen trees destroyed in clearing and left to decay. All coffe< 
trees affected by it should be burnt, and lime should be dug plen 
tifully into the ground where the coffee refuses to grow. Ii 
Europe where some of these fungi do much damage to trees, it i 
recommended to dig a trench a foot and-a-half deep round th 
affected spot and fill it with lime, to prevent the fungus froi 
spreading, and then treat the area with lime. 
Another pest which has recently appeared among the coffee 
an insect identical with, or closely allied to, the “ White Grub 
of Ceylon. This is the larva of one of the cockchafers, and is 
white caterpillar about two inches Jong and much resembling tj 
grub of the coco-nut beetle, soft and dirty whitish in colour wi. 
a large brown head and powerful black jarvs. The legs are ve 
long. The body, especially the tail, is sprinkled with stiff hail 
and the end of the body is somewhat swollen as is usually th 
case in the grubs of Lamellicorn beetles, to which group th 
animal belongs. It is very active, digging its way through t) 
soil with its powerful head and long legs. Mr. Greig who se 
living grubs from Klang in Selangor writes : “It begins by eati: 
all the side feeding roots and finishing by eating the tap roots 
The grub closely resembles that of the beetle called by H 
Dane the big Patara cockchafer (All about Grub, R. C. Haldan 
published by A. M. & J. Ferguson, Colombo, 1881). Like m- 
of the larger cockchafers it appears that these animals li 
chiefly in grassy places, such as are known as Patana in Ceylc 
and apparently only attacks coffee secondarily, its natural foe 
being grass root. Guinea-grass is said to attract them. I 
digging in the Patana they were found at depths of from tv 
inches to two feet, the chrysalides being buried deeper. Ha 
dane states that the richer the soil in vegetable matter the mo 
liable it is to be attacked, and light friable soil general^ escap 
from a bad attack, “Decaying timber seems to attract them. 
This may be so, but most coffee estates contain a great abundan 
of decaying timber and at present this is the first Instance I ha 
heard of the appearance of cockchafers in the coffee estates her 
Perhaps the author is referring to one of the other beetles whir 
he classes as grub, some of which probably do feed on rottc 
wood, as well as roots. So destructive a pest as this cockchaf 
should be attacked without delay, or it will certainly spread 
other estates in the neighbourhood. It is especially agaii 
this class of pests that barriers of forest between estates a 
parts of estates are exceedingly valuable both by stopping 
turning the beetles in their flight and preventing their flyk 
from estate to estate, and by encouraging birds and other msec 
eaters to take up their abode in the neighbourhood. 
Among other animals Haldane recommends highly the jung 
pig which he has seen grub a field of coffee most thorough 
