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Fuller (C). The Termites of South Africa. — S. African J I. Nat. 

 Hist., Pretoria, iii, no. 2, March 1922, pp. 70-131. [Received IStln 

 August 1922.: 



In this instalment of his work on the termites of South Africa 

 [R.A.E., A, ix, 579] the author describes the following new species, 

 Macrotermcs iistitu, from Swaziland ; M. ukuzii, from Zululand ; 

 Odontotermes okahandjae, from Damaraland ; Microtermes havilandi 

 f. intermedins, n., from the Transvaal and Bloemfontein, and f. occi- 

 dentalis, n., from Griqualand West and Colesberg ; M. lounshuryi and 

 M. umfolozii from Zululand ; M. mokeetsei, from N.E. Transvaal ; 

 M. diibius, from Damaraland ; M. etiolatus, from Lourengo Marques 

 and the Transvaal ; Ancistrotermes lebomboensis, from the Transvaal ; 

 Trinervitermes gemellus thomseni, subsp. n., from Natal ; T. havilandi 

 from Natal (perhaps also widely distributed in the Transvaal and 

 Orange Free State) ; T. kurumanensis, from Bechuanaland ; T. iimzin- 

 diizii, from Pietermaritzburg ; T. pretoriensis, from Pretoria ; T. 

 abassas, from Namaqualand ; T. thermarmn, from Bush veld Basin ; 

 Siibulitermes hainesi, from Kenhardt ; Tenuirostritermes mallyi, 

 from Cape Colon}^ ; Hamitermes gunni, from Bathurst ; H. londonensis, 

 from East London ; H. zuurhergi, from Zuurberg ; H. kellyi, from 

 Grahamstown ; H. schoombiensis, from the ^liddleburg district ; H. 

 libertatis, from Bloemfontein ; H. limpopoensis, from the Northern 

 Trans\'aal ; H. atlanticus, from near Capetown ; H. braunsi, from 

 W'illowmore ; H. bechuana, from Barkly \\'est ; H. murraysburgi, 

 from Cape Province ; H. kenhardti, from Cape Province ; and H. 

 messinae, from the Northern Transvaal. 



Keys are given to the species of Macrotermes, Termes, Microtermes 

 and Hamitermes and to the N asntitermes group. 



AixsLiE (G. G.). U.S. Bur. Ent. Contributions to a Knowledge of the 

 Crambinae. n. Crambus laqueatclhis, Clemens. — Ann. Ent. Soc. 

 Amer., Columbus, Ohio, xv, no. 2, June 1922, pp. 125-136, 2 figs. 



The distribution, seasonal histor}' and habits of Crambus laqueatellus, 

 Clem., as well as the various stages of the insect, are described. This 

 moth is apparently of little, if any, economic importance, and although 

 it has been once recorded as injuring grass and small grain, this was 

 probably a case of mistaken identity. 



Flint (W. P.). Studies on the Life History of Nomophila noctuella. — 

 Ann. Ent. Soc. Amcr., Columbus, Ohio, xv, no. 2, June 1922, 

 pp. 154-156. 



The Pyralid moth, Nomophila noctuella, became very abimdant in 

 Illinois during 1919, seriously injuring newly-sown sweet clover. From 

 observations made during that year and 1920 there appear to be four 

 generations a 3'ear, the average length of each stage being 6 days 

 for the egg, 30 for the larva, 10 for the pupa and 50 for the adults. 

 The winter is probably passed in heavy silken cases at or just below 

 the surface of the ground. 



This species has been noted b}' Felt as feeding mainly on leguminous 

 plants. During these observations preference was shown for red clover 

 {Trifolium pratense) , sweet clover {Melilotus alba) and lucerne {Medicago 

 saliva). It has also been found in a few cases on blue grass {Poa 

 pratensis), purslane {Portulaca oleracea), maize {Zea mays), wild 

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