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(alii) Cerambycidse to Mr. C. J. Gahan. Not yet 

 returned. 



(xiii) Histeridse to Mr. Lewis. Not yet returned. 



(xiv) Coccidse to Mr. E. Ernest Green. Partly named 

 and returned. 



(cov) Diptera (various groups) to Mr. E. Brunetti, 

 who has taken much time and trouble in afford- 

 ing us help. 



(avi) Towards the close of the year the manuscript of 

 a paper descriptive of a collection of Indian 

 Termites, sent in 1912-13, was received from 

 Professor Nils Holmgren, of Stockholm. This 

 paper is written in German and will require 

 translation before publication. It contains 

 descriptions of numerous new species and the 

 issue of these will enable a mass of notes on 

 these species to be written up for publication. 



(avii) Examples of Stibaropus minor, Wlk., found in 

 an Ant's nest were sent to Mr. Donisthorpe, 

 who, however, considered that they were not 

 myrmecophilous insects. 



(aviii) A collection of RJwgas spp. was sent to Mr. C. 

 T. Brues, United States of America, for identi- 

 fication and description of the new species. 

 (aia) A mite found attacking the cocoons of a Burmese 

 Ant, Ectatomma coaale, was sent for examina- 

 tion by Mr. S. Hirst, who writes that it is a new 

 species of the genus Urodinychus, Berlese. 

 Some species of this genus are known from 

 Europe, a few from Africa and one from Java, 

 and of these some have been found in ants' nests 

 but very little is known about their habits. 



Various collections of Indian insects have been received 

 and named and returned as far as possible; these included 

 (i) a collection of Rhynchota from Mrs. Kilby, (ii) Micro- 

 lepidoptera from Coimbatore Agricultural College, (ii?) 



