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Sepandjang a search in the bed curtains of coolies always yielded 

 female specimens of A. ludlowi, it was very seldom that this species 

 was bred from larvae taken in fresh and brackish water pools there. 

 Either the larvae of this species soon die in captivity or their breeding 

 places are difficult to find. Dr. Schliffner's recommendations regarding 

 drainage at Sepandjang form an appendix to this paper. 



Legendee (J.). Biologie des Anophelines de Tananarive. [Biology of 

 the Anophehnes of Antananarivo.] — C.R. Soc. Biol., Paris, Ixxxi, 

 no. 9, nth May 1918, pp. 493-495. 



The favourite breeding- ground for Anophelines near Antananarivo 

 is the rice-field under cultivation. In October, after the planting out 

 of the rice, Anopheline larvae are found in the terraced fields watered 

 by streams and in the plains irrigated by canals. Before the rains 

 begin, the level of water may sink until the life of the larvae is 

 threatened ; development during this period is very slow and the 

 first adults are not seen before the end of November. Uncultivated 

 rice-fields, where field grasses are growing, are never infested until 

 the end of February or March, when the Anophelines have become 

 so abundant that they spread beyond their favourite breeding- grounds. 

 The sites chosen for breeding, in order of predilection, are : rice- 

 fields, cress-beds, fields of yams {Colocasia esculenfa), swamps and 

 market-gardens. The cress-beds in particular are dangerous on 

 account of their proximity to dwellings ; those of the upper town 

 are rich in Culicine larvae and those of the lower town abound in 

 Anopheline larvae. 



On certain nights in the summer the houses in the vicinity of the 

 rice-fields are invaded by swarms of Anophelines. The numbers of 

 these decrease in April and they disappear in May. It is evident that 

 they hibernate both in the larval and adult stages, although they are 

 very difficult to find during the winter. The most widespread species 

 are Anopheles {Cellia) pharoensis, Theo., and A. (C.) squamosus, Theo. 



Ferris (G. F.). An Apparently New Species of Leptinillus (Coleoptera, 

 Leptinidae). — Canadian Entomologist, London, Out., \, no. 4, April 

 1918, pp. 125-128, 3 figs. 



Leptinillus aplodontiae, sp. n., a parasite of Aplndontia sp., a genus 

 of rodents peculiar to the Pacific Coast, is described. The only other 

 Leptinids that are known to be, or suspected of being, ecto-parasites 

 are Leptinus testaceus, Miill., frequently found in the nests of bumble 

 bees and small mammals, and once recorded from mice and once 

 from shrews, and Leptinillus validus, Horn, about which very little 

 is known, except that it has once been taken from the skins of 

 Alaskan beavers. 



The only other Coleoptera that are found as ecto-parasites are 

 Platypsyllvs castoris, Bits., taken from beavers in both larval and 

 adult stages, and the Silphid, Lyrosonia opaca, Mann, found in the 

 nests of certain maritime birds which it probably uses for purposes 

 of transportation. [Several species of South American Staphylinids 

 of the genus Amblyopitius have been recorded as being parasitic on. 

 rodents, and a species of MyotypJilus has been found on a rat in 

 Tasmania. — Ed.] 



