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It is fairly widi-ly distribiitcil ovit Afrifii and is readily noticiMl owiiij; to its red and 

 metallic- green hue. Nothing is known regarding its life-history, imt it is probably similar 

 to others of the same grouji. The lurvii- ari' wingless and the impa' have wing-buds. 



Dfit.x Ai'iiis Knkmii'.s 



DiiraAohis Sinee the last re|)ort anotiler liady-liinl IJeetie lias iiecn found to feed UjioM Aji/ils 



i.neniies siinj/ii, Tlieobalil it is kuowu as /•'j'oc/iiiDiiiiis iiifiroiiKiriiliitiis, (toe/.e. It is very similar 



in size to ('/iIIoiiu'ih-k ririna Muls, ligured in the last report (Plate c, 14). 



In colour the head and thorax are bright shiny orange-yellow; the elytra are deep 

 verv shinv blaekish-ldue to almost blaek. The legs are orange-yellow. It also occurs in 

 Lower Egypt in some nundiers. 



The larva of one of the Lace Wing Flies, ('liriisiijiida-, has also been sent, which was 

 taken amongst a colony of this Aphis. 



TiiK SuD.\NKSE Cotton Fi,i:.\ Hkkti.k 



{Ninoliii loiifoniiis, Jaeobv) 



As fiir as I know tiiis is the oniv llalticid vet nciinled as attacking cotton. It is a 

 unifomiis small Iptowh lieetle, wlii( h lias Imcii identitied l>y Jacoliy as his species described from 



Sierra Leone. It probably occurs widely over Africa. No notes were sent with the insects 

 except that they were damaging cotton. 



