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Theobald (F. V.). Additions to the list of Kent Aphididae. — Entomo- 

 logist, London, no. 627, August 1915, pp. 182-184. 



Tiie following Aphids were collected in Kent in 1914-15 : — 

 Macrosiphum fragariae, Koch, on the leaves and stalks of strawberry ; 

 MacrosiphonieUa chrysnnthemi, Del Guercio, on outdoor and green- 

 liouse chrysanthemums ; Aphis vrticaria, Kalt., on Urtica and 

 Parietaria officinalis; A. adjecta. Walk., on Cynoglosswn officinale; 

 A. infuscaia, Koch, on Prunus spinosus ; A. helichrysi, Kalt., on 

 Achillea 7nillefolium (yarrow) ; A. anthrisci, Kalt., on Anthriscus sp. ; 

 A. sedi, Kalt., on Sedum acre (yellow stonecrop) ; A. chrysanthemi, 

 Walk., on Chrysantheminn leiicanthemum (ox-eye daisy) ; A. scabiosae, 

 Kalt. ; A. gain, Kalt., on Gfdivni cruciata ; Callipterus plalani, Kalt., 

 on sycamore, attended by the ant Lasius fuliginosus ; Chaitophorus 

 hetulae, Buckt., on birch ; Pachypappa reaumuri, Kalt., on Tilia spp. ; 

 Pemphigus piceae, Hartig, on the roots of Picea excelsa and the Sitka 

 spruce ; this spe?ies also attacks Pinits and Larix ; Prociphilus 

 nidificns, Lw., forminsf leaf-galls on ash ; P. humelia, Schrank, from 

 leaf-stalks of ash ; Lachnus fasciatus, Burm., on Picea excelsa ; 

 Rhizobius pini, Burm., on roots of Pinus ; and R. viridis, sp. n., on 

 roots of spruce. 



GiRAULT (A. A.). Four new Encyrtids from Sicily and the Philippines. 



— Entomologist, London, no. 627, August 1915, pp. 184-186. 



The following new species are described : — Paraleptomastix abnormis 

 and Epidinocarsis pseud ococci, reared from Pseudococcus citri from 

 Sicily, and Neanostatus orientalis and N . phiUppinensis, from Manila. 



Pliginsky(V. G.). BpeflMienM KonneKuiii m 6opb6a Cb hmmm. [Pests 

 of collections and their control.] -« Blon/ieTeHM XapbKOBCHaro 

 06llJieCTBa JlwOMTeneil npMpOAbl.» [Bulletins of the Charkov 

 Society of Friends of Nature], Charkov, 1915, no. 3, pp. 73-76, 6 figs. 



Besides the well known Tinea pelionella, L., zoological collections 

 are injured by the larvae of Anthrenus verbasci in the south of Russia, 

 by those of ^". tnuseorum, L., in the North, also by Derniestes lardarius, 

 L., and Attagenus piceus, Oliv., and by some Pseudoneuroptera, of 

 which the most widespread species is Troctes divinaioria. Mull. ; ants 

 also injure collections, as well as termites in Turkestan. Disinfection 

 by fumigation with carbon bisulphide or naphthalene and also with a 

 mixture of camphor and naphthalene are recommended against these 

 pests. The author's method of preparing this mixture is as follows : 

 4 lb. of naphthalene and } lb. or more of camphor n^o melted on a 

 slow fire, care being taken to prevent the naphthalene from igniting : 

 the mixture is then poured into moulds, formed of a potato with a 

 hole bored through it, both ends of the potato being cut away, and 

 a slice serving as a bottom. When the melted mixture has cooled 

 down, the small cylindrical bars, so formed, can be pressed out of the 

 mould, which can be used again . 



