23 Insecta. 



60) Laidlaw, F.F., Contributions to a study ofthe Dragonfly Fauna of Bor- 

 neo. — Part T. The Corduliinae: The Genus Ämphicnemis: The Legion 

 Frotoneura. In: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., Heft 1, S. 63 — 80, Taf. 4, l'J13. 



61) Williams, C. B., Some biological notes on Baphidia maculicollis 

 Steph. In: Entomologist, Bd. XL VI, Heft 1, S. 6—8, 1913. 



A $ of this species wliich emerged from tlie pupa on May 4*^ lived over 

 2 months in captivity, and a c? captured on May 28'^, and placed with the $, 

 Hved nearly 4 weeks. They were fed on apliids [Siphotiophora sp.); in feeding 

 the Baphidia first approached the Siphonophora slowly, then seized it with a 

 sudden rush and raised it aloft in its jaws; the aphid was slowly consumed, its 

 legs and autennae being cleaned off the head of the Baphidia by the front tar- 

 sus of the latter, which in its turn was cleaned by being drawn through the 

 mandibles. The cf and $ also readily drank drops of water. The $ oviposited 

 in a piece of rotten wood before June IV^. Eggs and young larvae, and the 

 process of hatching, are described. The larvae in captivity ate aphids and dead 

 house-flies, and drank drops of water. An ichneumonid {Pyracinon melamirus 

 Holmgr.) was bred from a BapMdia-larva.. H. Scott (Cambridge). 



62) CummingS, B. F., Apropos of the first maxillae in the genus Dipseu- 

 dopsis, Walk., Trichoptera In: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Bd. 11, Nr. 63, S. 308—312, 

 4 Textfiguren, 1913. 



A description is given of the mouth-parts of a specimen of this genus. In several 

 respects they show a considerable resemblance to those of certain Lepidoptera. The 

 outer lobes of the first maxillae are very long and pendulous, recalling those of Zeuzera 

 and some other Lepidoptera. The author considers that the resemblance is probably 

 due to parallel development rather than to actual homoplasy. 



H. Scott (Cambridge). 



63) CummingS, B. F., On some points in the anatomy of the mouth- 

 parts of the Mallophaga. In: Proc. Zool. Soc. London, Heft 1, S. 128 — 141, 

 Textfig. 24—32, 1913. 



This paper deals with various anatomical points under the following hea- 

 dings: (l) palpi of the Ischnocera, (2) palpi of the Amblycera, (3) oesophageal 

 sclerite and lingual glands, (4) varieties of sclerite and glands, (5) their distri- 

 bution among the genera, (6) descriptions of special cases, (7) the maxillary forks. 

 The uniqueness of the oesophageal sclerite and the lingual glands in the 

 comparative anatomy of the insect mouth is remarked on, and in the conclusion 

 (p. 141) it is stated that the sclerite is probably present in all Mallophaga. The 

 lingual glands are hard flat oval pieces of chitin: no glandulär atructure has been 

 discovered in them, but they have not actually been histologically examined. 

 The author regards them as part of the sclerite, the wliole to be looked on as 

 a Compound hypopharynx. H. Scott (Cambridge). 



64) CummingS, B, F., Anoplura from African hosts. In: Bull. Ent. Research, 

 Bd. 3, Heft 4, S. 393—397, 2 Textfig., 1912. 



This paper contains descriptions of the ,^ of Neohaematopinus heliosciuri n. sp., 

 from Heliosciurus palliatus Peters (Brit. E. Africa): and the '^ of Polyplax otomydis, n. 

 8p., from Otomys irroratus tropicalis (Brit. E. Africa). H. Scott (Cambridge). 



65) Butler, E. A., A contribution towards the life-history of Berytus cla- 

 vipes F. In: Ent. Mo. Mag., Bd. 24, Heft 2, S. 28—32, 1913. 



Several r^A and J? of this Hemipteron were found at the roots of grass in May, 

 and were kept in cavity. A ," and '^ caired and remained so for 3 days. Eggs were 

 laid at the end of May and beginning of June, being attached to grass leaves by ad- 

 hesive secretion at the middle of one side: they were cylindrical and long, narrower be- 



