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Other beetles collected in Hevea by Mr. Corporaal include Xylehorns 

 perforans, WolL, already known as a pest of this rubber, X. submar- 

 ginatus, Blfd., and X. corporaali, sp. n. Nothing is known about the 

 last-named except that the attack is found at points where some 

 injury has occurred to the bark. 



Corporaal (J. B.). Over Necrobia rufipcs, deG. [Notes on N. 

 rufipes.] — Ent. Bcr. Ned. Ent. Vereen., Anistcrdani, vi, no. 126, 

 1st July 1922, pp. 93-94. [Received 19th September 1922. j 



.During a voyage from the Dutch East Indies to Europe in November 

 1921 thousands of the red-legged ham beetle, Necrobia rufipes, DeG., 

 infested the vessel from a cargo of copra. They devoured various 

 foodstuffs, and even attacked stearine candles. The adults were 

 attracted by lamps. 



Smits v.\n Burgst (C. A. L.). Habrobracon brevicornis, Wesm., 

 faunae n. sp. — Ent. Ber. Ned. Ent. Vereen., Amsterdajii, \i, 

 no. 127, 1st September 1922, pp. 106-108. 



This is the first record of Habrobracon brevicornis from Holland. 

 It is an important parasite of the meal moth, Ephestia kuhniella, Z., 

 and is easily bred [R.A.E., A, x, 566]. 



Waterston (J.). On Chalcidoidea. (Mainly bred at Dehra Dun, 

 U.P., from Pests of Sal, Toon, Chir and Sundri.)— Indian Eorest 

 Records, Calcutta, ix, pt. 2, 1922, pp. i-iv & 51-94, 23 figs. 



In the introduction to this paper a list is given by Mr. C. F. C. 

 Beeson of the hosts of the parasites dealt with arranged under their 

 respective orders, with their food-plants. 



The parasites in question include : — Chalcis tachardiae. Cam., and C. 

 hearsevi, Kirby, var. xanthotcrus, n., bred from the pupa of Hypsipyla 

 robiisfa, Moore; Trigonura {Centrochalcis) ruficandis. Cam., bred 

 from sundri [Heritiera fomes) attacked by a Buprestid, Chrysobothris 

 sp., in company with a Lamiid, Glenea sp., and the Cerambycids, 

 Derolus discicollis, Gah., and Diortkus simplex. White ; T. tenuicaudis, 

 sp. n., bred from Heritiera fomes attacked by Glenea sp., the Anthribid, 

 Ozotomerus macnlosus, Perr., and Chrysobothris sp., and probably 

 parasitic on the last named; Antrocephalus destructor, sp. n., and ^4. 

 renalis, sp. n., from Hypsipyla robusta attacking toon {Cedrela toona) ; 

 Monacon productum, gen. et sp. n., bred from Diapus fnrtivns. Samps., 

 infesting sal {Shorea robusta) ; M. abruptum, sp. n., bred from Platypus 

 uncinatus, Blfd., in Heritiera fomes; Oedaule stringifrons, gen. et 

 sp. n., from the Bruchid, Pachymerus {Caryoborus) gonagra, F., in seeds 

 of Albizzia lebbek; Roptroceriis sulcatus, sp. n., bred from pupal 

 chambers of Ips longifolia, Stebb., in galleries under bark of chir pine 

 {Pinuslongi folia) ; and Tetrastichus spirabilis, sp. n., from the Pyralid, 

 Hypsipyla robusta. 



Gattefosse (J.). Le Pyrethre de Dalmatie et sa Culture.— i?a'. Bot. 

 app. & d'Agric. colon., Paris, ii, Bull. 12, 31st August 1922, 

 pp. 397-402. 



A general account is given of Dalmatian pyrethrum [Chrysanthemum 

 cinerariaefolium) and of the best methods of cultivating it. 



