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a plate of young leaves attacked by the caterpillar are given. These 
Glyphodes are very destructive and alas common every where. 
Of Bugs Hemiptera a Helopeltis and the blights Aspidiotus rapax 
Lecamium depressum , L . longulum , , L. hesperidum , Chrysomphalus 
ficus , a Dactylopius and a Diaspid are also troublesome. 
Of grasshoppers, a large green grasshopper Cleandrus graniger 
and a Gryllacris are destructive. 
The Cleandrus lays its eggs in slits in Cocoa-tree twigs just as 
the Coffee Locust Cyrtanthacris varia does in coffee and other 
shrubs here. 
Termites (species unknown), a mite Iphidulus longicaudus, and a 
well known nematode worm which attacks the roots of young 
plants H eterodera radiciola complete the list. 
Two new leaf-fungi are described by Dr. KOORDERS, Collet otri- 
chum ficus appearing when ripe as raised dots in lines and C. elas- 
tics small black tufled spots on leaves of young plants. Complete 
figures and accounts are given of these plants. 
H. N. R. 
PERSONAL AND OTHER NOTES. 
Mr. P. J. BURGESS, the Government Analyst, is leaving Govern- 
ment Service, to take up the management of the great Bukit 
Asahan estate in Malacca. 
Mr. J. B. CARRUTHERS the Director of Agriculture in the Federa- 
ted Malay States is pushing on his department with energy. We 
hear that' a chemist from Professor DUNSTAN’s laboratory at the 
imperial Institute is to be added to the staff as well as an entomo- 
logist, and a Curator for the Gardens at Kuala Lumpur. Mr. 
CARRUTHERS has accepted the post of Co-editor of the Agricultural 
Bulletin with the Director of Gardens. 
All who know and admire the beautiful Gardens at Penang will 
be glad to hear that the Municipal Council of Penang has decided 
at length not to apply for this picturesque spot to convert it into 
a reservoir, a horrible fate which has been impending for some 
three years. 
Professor Engler, Director of the Imperial Gardens of Berlin 
the well known authority on aroids is travelling in the East. He 
spent some time in the Botanic Gardens of Singapore, collecting 
and examining the flora, especially the plants of his favourite group. 
He seemed much surprised to find so large a collection of living and 
dried aroids in the Botanic Gardens. 
The Agricultural Journal of India is a new publication emanating 
from the Agricultural Research Institute at Pusa. The publication 
appears quarterly, at a subscription rate of six Rupees per annum. 
The first number contains articles on the manuring of Sugar cane, 
and the Samalkota Sugar cane farm, the Wilt disease of Pigeon pea 
