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Land that has been infested with these bugs should have all litter 

 burnt in the hibernating season, and all infested plants should be 

 pulled up and burned. 



Paris green, which has been used, is quite useless for sucking- 

 mouthed insects, and these bugs are too powerful to be affected by 

 paraffin emulsion, but they can soon be cleared out by shaking inti» 

 pails, if this is done when they fii'st make their appearance. 



Insect Pests of Egypt. 



Little is known regarding the insect pests of Egypt. Mr. F. 

 Fletcher, of the School of Agriculture, Gizeh, has collected many, and 

 will issue a report on the same. 



Numerous specimens have arrived and been identified at this 

 Museum, some too damaged to identify, but the following have been 

 named :— 



Agrotia ypsUou, Rott. 

 Ohaeroram/pd celerio, L. 

 Nnmophila noctuelki, Sch. 

 Evzophera osscaicJla, Hub. 

 Heteroiiychus sp. ? 

 Agrypnus tiotodouta, Latr. 

 Hopatnim famelicum, Oliv. 

 AulacupJiora foveicoUis, Kiisti-r. 

 Flusia circwmflexa, L. 

 J'Jarius insulana var., Boisd. 

 JAxus nuhilosus, Bohein. 

 Gonia imlpinus, Walk, 

 HippohoRca equina, J^. 

 Fieris rapx, L. 

 A Chalcid Fly (sp. V). 

 Laphygma exigua, Htibu. 

 Chrysvpa perla, L. 

 Euxoa spinifera, Hiibu. 

 Col las edusa, L. 

 Sesia myopiformin, L. 

 Acrotylus insnbricus, Scop. 

 Ephemera sp. ? 

 Xystrocera gJohom, Oliv. 

 Aphides not yet determined. 

 Brnchuf: pisi, V. 



Trilobinm confusum. 



CaJandra oryzx. 



Tenehrioides mauritianicas. 



Sitones lineafus. 



Bnctylobius, sp. 



( Hiorhynchus ahitaceax. 



Ichneumon sp. 



Enzophora onseateUa, Fr. 



Leucanmm lorenzi, Diip. 



Laphygma exigua, Hiibn. 



Oxycarenws hyalivipennis, Costa. 



Ilypera variabilis, Herbst. 



Himatismus vilJoans, Haag. 



Pedinus sp. 



Coccinella undecimpunctata, L. 



Crossotus philUpsi, Gahan. 



Flusia gamma, L. 



Frodeiiia littoralis. 



Chloridia nubigera. 



E. canis. Leach. 



Aspongopus viduatus, Fab. 



Nezara viridala, Linn. 



Ftosima tmdecimmaculata, Herbst. 



Fhyllotreta cruciferse, Goe/.o. 



Plutella maculipennis, Fab. 



There are thus seen to be several European pests ibunil as 

 such in Egypt, including the Cabbage White (J'ieris /rquv) ; the 

 Clouded Yellow (Coliat; ednm); the Cabbage Flea {J'hyllotretu 



