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Notogonia arge data Boe. 



Boulder, Col., April 14, 1907, and August 30, 1907 (S. A. 

 Rohwer). 



Nitieliopsis plenoculoides Fox. 



Florissant, Colo., June 22, 1907 (T. D. A. Cockerell). 



Tachytes crassus Patt. 



A $ from Boulder, Colo., August 26, 1906 (S. A. Roh- 

 wer), has four silvery bands on the abdomen, which would 

 tend to run it into T. cohimbac Fox but the pubescence on 

 the face is golden and the longest spur of the hind tibiae is 

 as that of T. crassus. Again T. crassus is known to occur in 

 the west while T. columbae has not been recorded from the 

 west. I have seen a typical specimen of crassus from Ros- 

 well, N. M. (Ckll.). This locality is new. 



Notes on some Angolan Insects of Economic or 

 Pathologic Importance. 



BY F. CREIGHTON WELLMAN, Benguella, West Africa. 



(Concluded from page 33. 1 

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No. 102. Zonabris trifurca Gerst. (Coleopt.) 



This Meloid beetle is a prominent member of a group deserv- 

 ing mention because of their flower- feeding habits. Both 

 flower and vegetable gardens suffer from their presence. As 

 they occur in large numbers they are not easy to combat. Their 

 life cycle is interesting in that their larvae are parasitic in the 

 oothecae of Orthoptera. These beetles are very distasteful to 

 most insect-eating animals, and are consequently wonderfully 

 mimicked by widely different groups of insects. I am publish- 

 ing in another journal* a study of this interesting subject. 



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No. 17. Sarcopysylla pcnctrans L. (Siphonapt.) 



This flea locally known as the "Ewundu" is a common pest 

 throughout southwest Africa. It was brought to this country 



*Deutsch Entomolog. Zeits. 



