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on the Fly Investigation Reports carried out for the Zoo- 

 logical Society of London during 1915 : — 



I. " Some Observations on the Life-History of the Blow- 

 Fly and of the House-Fly," by Winifred H. Saunders. 



II. "Trials for Catching, Repelling and Exterminating 

 Flies in Houses," by Winifred H. Saunders. 



III. "Investigations into Stable Manure to check the 

 Breeding of House-Flies," by Winifred H. Saunders. 



IV. "Some Enquiry into the Question of Baits and 

 Poisons for Flies, being a Report on the Experimental 

 W^ork, etc.," by Olive C. Lodge. 



The December 1916 number contains : — 



" On some Cryptostome Beetles in the (yambridge Univer- 

 sity Museum of Zoology,'^ by S. Maulik, B.A., F.E.S. 



" Notes on the Wasps of the Genus Pi son and some Allied 

 Genera," by Rowland E. Turner. 



" Notes on a Collection of Heterocera made by Mr. W. 

 Feather in British East Africa, 1911-13,'' by Lt.-Col. J. M. 

 Faw^cett. Plate 1 (coloured, of new species). 



Annals of the South African Museum. Vol. XV., Part V. 



(1) On some South African Ichneumonidse in the 

 collection of the South African Museum. By Claude Morley, 

 F.E.S. , F.Z.S., etc., issued 1st December, 1916. This con- 

 tains descriptions of a number of new^ Ichneumonidre from 

 various parts of South Africa, and a bibliography of the 

 main works on this group of the Hymenoptera. 



(2) Descriptions of new or little-known Orthoptera in 

 the collection of the South African Museum. By L. Perin- 

 guey, D.Sc, etc., issued 1st December, 1916. This paper 

 deals with the sub-family Pneumorinse of the xAcriididse, 

 and three sub-families of the Locustidae. Besides con- 

 taining descriptions of genera and species, several of which 

 are new, there are many interesting notes on the habits of 

 these insects. 



Atmals of the South African Museum. Vol. XV., Part VI. 

 (1) On some of the Scoliid?e, mostly Elidin?e (Hy- 

 menoptera) in the South African Museum, issued 8th 

 January, 1916. Contains descriptions of some new species. 



