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The fly, Pipimciilits anniilifemur, Brun., described in a subsequent 

 paper, parasitises all three species of hoppers, though /. atkinsoni 

 is less frequently attacked than the other two. Oviposition has not 

 been observed. Young and mature larvae have been found on their 

 hosts during November and December. The parasitised hoppers are 

 very sluggish. The mature larva emerges from between two segments 

 of the abdomen, drops to the ground and pupates under the soil. 

 The Stylopid, Pyrilloxenos compactus, Pierce, is found buried in the 

 abdomen of either /. atkinsoni or /. dypealis. The mode of entry 

 into living hoppers has not yet been observed. Generally only one 

 parasite is found in one hopper, but two or three have been occasionally 

 observed. /. atkinsoni is particularly heavily infested, up to 30 per 

 cent, of parasitised individuals having been found, as compared with 

 about 15 per cent, of /. dypealis. The adult parasites hved only 

 eight or ten hours after emergence in captivity. The moth, Epipyrops 

 fuliginosa, Tams, described in a subsequent paper, parasitises all three 

 species of hoppers. Oviposition has not yet been observed, nor is it 

 definitely known on what the larvae feed ; the hoppers do not seem 

 to suffer in any way from the presence of the parasites. Pupation 

 takes place under the leaves of the mango, or on the stems, in a white 

 tough silken cocoon, which is very conspicuous on the trees. 



The grubs of an unidentified Dryinid have been found in a dark, 

 sac-like covering attached to the thorax of the hopper nymphs during 

 the mango blossoming season. All three species of hoppers are 

 attacked, and none of the nymphs seem to survive. 



Tams (W. H. T.). Description of a New Species o£ Epipyrops from 

 South India. — Bull. Ent. Res., London, xii, pt. 4, February 1922, 

 pp. 468-469. 

 Epipyrops fuliginosa, sp. n., parasitising Idiocerns spp., is described 



from Bangalore. 



Brunetti (E.). a New Pipunculid parasitic on Leaf-hoppers in India. 



— Bidl. Ent. Res., London, xii, pt. 4, February 1922, p. 469. 

 Pipuncidus annulifemur, sp. n., a parasite of Idiocerns spp., is 

 described from Bangalore. 



Bryant (G. E.). Some New Injurious Phytophaga from Africa. — 



Bull. Ent. Res., London, xii, pt. 4, February 1922, pp. 473-475, 

 4 figs. 

 The new Phytophaga here described are Crioceris viridissima, from 

 Kenya Colony, attacking asparagus ; Cercyonia citri, from the Gold 

 Coast, where it is a widely-distributed and serious pest of young 

 citrus plants ; and Argopistes oleae and A. sexvittatus, from Cape 

 Province, mining the leaves of olive trees. As the last-named has 

 stood in the British Museum collection since 1867 as Pseudococcinella 

 sexvittata, Chevr. (MS.), it has been thought better to retain the specific 

 name, which has probably been widely circulated. 



Ramachandra Rao (Y.). Notes on the Life-histories of Two Mesopo- 



tamian Moths. — Bull. Ent. Res. .London, xii, pt. 4, February 1922, 



pp. 477-479. 



The notes on Ocnerogyia amanda, Stand., given in this paper are 



intended to supplement the account of the moth given by Buxton 



[R.A.E., A, viii, 500]. The eggs are laid in groups of 20 to 50 or 



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