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were taken on broom. Last year, on August 12th, I took at St. Margaret's Bay, 

 under the Cliff, a specimen of Paragus bicolor, a Syrphid fly, which appears, from 

 Mr. Verrall'a book, hitherto to have been known as British from very few examples, 

 but which I feel sure was abundant at St. Margaret's Bay. The porrected antenna?, 

 which are well represented by the illustration in Mr. Verrall'a book, seem remarka- 

 ble in the group of Syrphida in which Paragus occurs.— ARTn PR J. Chitty, 27, 

 Hereford Square, S.W. : March 12///, 1902. 



Icerya seychellarum (Westwood), in S. Africa. — Mr. C. Fuller has sent me 

 examples of this species (new to S. Africa) on rose and Ficus, collected in Natal. 

 It also occurs on native plants, and is more likely to be a native of S. Africa than 

 of the Seychelles or Mauritius. Mr. Pergande, of Washington, has also examined 

 specimens, and agrees with me that theCoccid is true/, seychellarum. It is a pretty 

 thing, with yellow and white secretion, and radiating glassy filaments. The insect 

 from Lagos, described by me as a subspecies of /. seychellarum, is clearly a valid 

 species (Icerya albolutea). — T. D. A. Cockereld, E. Las Vegas, N. Mexico: 

 March, 1902. 



Fiorinia Sulcii, Newstead, in France. — Dr. P. Marchal has fust sent me this 

 species, collected in Dordogne, April 19th, 1901, on Pinus. It is, so far as I know, 

 new to the fauna of France.*— Id. 



Bamboo Coccids in Algeria. — Dr. P. Marchal sends me some Coccids crowded 

 on Bambusa spinosa, marked " Jardin d'Essai du Ham ma, Alger," January 26th, 

 1901. They consist of two species, Odonaspis secretus (Ckll.) var Oreenii, Ckll., 

 and My (Hasp is bambitsicola, Ckll. The first was described from Ceylon, the other 

 from Brazil ! — Id. 



Strachia picta probably imported with fruit. — On November 30th last, Mr. 

 A. Mason, of Brundall, sent me a very fine red and black bug, which he took 

 crawling in his dining room, near some plates of dessert, consisting of bananas, 

 grapes, &c. It is similar to Strachia festiva, but much larger. Mr. Edward 

 Saunders has again assisted me, and writes as follows : — " It is Strachia sp., very 

 like picta, and possibly a form of that species. Under the circumstances, I should 

 say it was probably introduced from the Canaries. It is not a species likely to occur 

 here." The insect was alive and quite active when it came into my possession. — 

 H. J. Ttiofless "Corfe," College Road, Norwich : March 5th, 1902. 



Salda C-album, Fieb., and vestita, D. and S.— Among a large number of Salda 

 C -album sent to me for examination by Mr. Geo. B. Boutledge, were three or four 

 specimens of vestita, D. and S. Upon enquiry I find that they were all taken at 

 one spot on the banks of the Irthing, near Edmond Castle. Salda saltatoria did 

 not occur at all, the only other species being scotica, Curt. 



I have before received C-album and vestita from Mr. Routledge taken together 



* Also new to France is fliaspis zamiie, Morgan, found by Dr. Marchal on Cycas in a hothouse : 

 but this is not a native species. 



