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Piag., from Cephalophus nafalensis ; L. fahrenholzi, Paine, from 

 Cervicapra fulvorufula ; Hoplopleura intermedia, Kell & Ferr., from 

 Mus concha. 



A list of the Mammalian hosts of African species of Mallophaga and 

 Anoplura is appended. 



/^ Chubb (E. C). Note on the New Zululand Tsetse Fly, Glossina brandoni, 

 Chubb, and a record of the Butterfly, Danais petiverana, Dbb. and 

 Hew. in Natal. — Ann. Durban Mus., Durban, i, no. 3, 20th April 

 1916, pp. 253-254. [Received 5th June 1916.] 



A single female specimen of Glossina brandoni, Chubb, was obtained 

 in 1915 in the Court-house of Ubombo, Zululand. This species, which 

 is very closely related to G. austeni, Newst.,* differs from the common 

 Zululand species, G. pallidipes, Aust. 



Chatton (E.) & Blanc (G.). Un Ps3udo-parasite, Cryptoplasma rhipi- 

 cephali, Chatton et Blanc. [A pseudo-parasite, Cryptoplasma 

 rhipicephali, Chatton and Blanc] — C. R. Soc. Biol., Paris, Ixxix, 

 no. 10, 20th May 1916, p. 402. 



The forms occurring in the alimentary tract or body cavity of a 

 supposed nymph of the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus, and regarded 

 as an endo parasite {Cryptoplasma rhipicephali), are now recognised 

 to have been spermatozoa [see this Review, Ser. B, iv, p. 63]. The 

 preparation was erroneously labelled " nymph," being in reality an 

 adult male. 



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Gaskell (Major T. K.). The Hibernation of Flies in a Fifeshire House. 



— Scottish Naturalist, Edinburgh, no. 54, June 1916, p. 139. 



During March 1916, large numbers of Limnophora septemnotata 

 were found in a house at Largo, and were especially abundant in a 

 room with a western aspect. Other specimens collected from a south 

 room were Pollenia rudis, Aphiochaeta rufipes, Pyrellia eriophthalma, 

 Muscina stabulans, Phaonia signata, Leria ser rata, Simulium sp. and 

 several Chalcids. 



Waterston (J.). On the Occurrence of Stenomalus muscarum (Linn.) 

 (''• in company with Hibernating Flies. — Scottish Naturalist, 



Edinburgh, no. 54, June 1916, pp. 140-142. 



Specimens of the Chalcid, Stenoynalus muscarum, L., were obtained 

 from the rooms of a house at Largo during March 1916. This species 

 is more or less constantly found in houses together with hibernating 

 Diptera. It is reported to have been bred from the puparia of Musca 

 and eggs are believed to be deposited on Muscid larvae. All the 

 hibernating specimens examined were females. The association of 

 S. muscarum with the Diptera may be accidental or may be an adapta- 

 tion on the part of the former to facilitate oviposition in the spring. 

 In the family Pteromalidae the following genera are also known to 

 parasitise household insects : — Spalangia, Latr., on Musca ; Cerocephala, 

 Westw., on Calandra ; Arthrolytus, Thoms. and Dibrachys, Forst., on 

 various hosts ; and Pteromalus, Swed., on Lepidoptera. 



* [There is little doubt that it is identical with G. austeni. — Ed.] 



