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Bezzi (M.). Two new Ethiopian Lonchaeidae with Notes on other 



Species (Dipt.). — Bull. Entom. Research, London, ix, no. 3, March 



1919, pp. 241-254, 4 figs. 



Little is known of the African species of this family. A key is given 



to the known species with descriptions of two new ones : Lonchaea 



mochii from Eritraea and L. plumosissima from West Africa bred 



from vegetable marrow and from fruits of Sarcocejohaliis esculentun 



infested with a fruit-fly, Ceratitis cosijra. 



Paddock (F. B.). Studies on the Harlequin Bug. — Texas Agric. Expt. 

 Sta., Austin, Bull. no. 227, April 1918, 6-o pp., 5 plates, 4 figs. 

 [Received 10th April 1919.] 



Central America is probably the original habitat of Murgantia 

 histrionica, although it has a wide distribution, occurring in South 

 America as well as the Eastern United States, and has gradually 

 spread to California. The bulk of the information here given is an 

 amplification of a previous article [see this Review, Ser. A, vi, p. 300]. 

 Notes on synonomy and the species allied to this Pentatomid bug, 

 with a detailed description of the life-history, are given. Various 

 observations were made of the duration of the different stages according 

 to climatic conditions, and these are illustrated by a number of tables. 

 Natural enemies that have been recorded are : — The Prcctotrupid 

 parasites, Trissolcus murgantiae, Ashra., and T. podisi, Morg., and 

 the fire ant, Solenopsis geminata, F. Poultry are said not to eat this 

 bug in any stage. 



Patch (E.M.). Eastern Aphids : a few Species of Proci^Mws. — Maine 



Agric. Exp. Sta., Orono, Bull. 270, April 1918, 100 pp., 2 figs. 

 [Received 10th April 1919.] 



Prociphilus tessellatus and P. venafuscus are the only two species 

 of the genus of which the complete American food-cycle has been 

 ascertained in New England ; the latter was definitely located from 

 the pupae collected by the author on the roots of balsam fir in October 

 1915. P. xylostei has been recorded in Europe as a root form on 

 conifers and its habits are probably similar in America. The two 

 ash-frequenting species of the Eastern States are' P. fraxinifolii and 

 P. approxitnat'us, the alternate host of which has not yet been found. 

 The autumn migrant of a species found in enormous numbers on 

 mountain ash {Pynis sp.) in 1912 is figured. This is believed to be 

 P. fitchi, Bak. & Daw. A species found on the roots of Compositac 

 and believed to be Trama erigeronensis is also figured, and if this 

 view is correct, this species should be transferred to the genu.s 

 Prociphilus. 



This bulletin also contains a further instalment of the author's 

 food-plant catalogue of the Aphidae of the World. 



LouNSBURY (C. P.). Division of Entomology. Annual Report, 1917- 

 1918.— Union S. Africa Dept. Agric. Rept., Cape Town, 1918, pp. 

 87-107. [Received 10th April 1919.] 



Nursery inspection was carried out very thoroughly during the year, 

 and, as in preceding years, the red scale [Chrysomphalu s aurantH] 



