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Arrow (G. J.). Upon the Beetles of the Melolonthid Genus Rhopaea 

 found in the Fiji Islands..— ^wwa^s (& Mag. Nat. History, London, 

 Ser. 8, xvi, October 1915, pp. 319-321. 



The Melolonthid, Rhojxiea vesfifn, sp. n., occurs in large numbers in 

 the sugar-cane plantations in Viti hevu where all stages were found 

 by Mr. R. Veitch. 



Bezzi (M.). On the Ethiopian Fruit-Flies of the Genus Dacus. — Bull. 

 Entom. Research, London, vi, no. 2, September 1915, pp. 85-101. 

 14 figs. 



This paper includes a valuable key to the African species of this 

 genus. The following species, some of which are new, are recorded : — 

 Tridacus lounsburyi, Coq., from Cape Colony and German East Africa ; 

 T. sphaeristicus, Speiser, from Nairobi ; T. armatus, F., from S. 

 Nigeria ; T. hivittatus, Big., from Nigeria, Uganda, Nyasaland, etc. ; 

 T. momordicae, nom. n., from the Cameroons ; T. eburneus, sp. n., 

 from Uganda ; T. xanthopterus, sp. n., from Nyasaland ; T. hutneralis, 

 sp. n., from S. Nigeria ; T. disjunct us, sp. n., from Uganda ; T. jyuncta- 

 iifrons, Karsch, from Uganda, Gold Coast, Nyasaland and Zanzibar ; 

 Dacus immaculatus, Coq., from Natal ; D. inornatus, Bezzi, from the 

 Congo ; D. oleae, Gmelin, from Cape Colony ; D. nifus, sp. n., from 

 N. Rhodesia ; D. longistylus, Wied., occurring always on Calotropis 

 ■jnocera, Mudar plant, from Egypt, the Sudan and Eritraea ; this 

 species occurs also in South India, where it has been probably imported 

 from Africa ; D. brevis, Coq., from Durban ; D. brevistylus, Bezzi, 

 from British East Africa, Uganda, Nyasaland, and on citrus trees in 

 N. Rhodesia, Zanzibar, etc. ; D. vertebratus, Bezzi, injurious to 

 cultivated Cucurbitaceae, from Nyasaland, S. Nigeria and Pretoria ; 

 D. vertebratus var. marginalis, n., from Natal and Rhodesia ; 

 D. ficicola, sp. n., from Natal and N. Rhodesia, on w^ild fig. 



Theobald (F. V.). African Aphididae. Part ii. — Bull. Entom. 

 Research, London, vi, no. 2, September 1915, pp. 103-153, 38 figs. 



The descriptions of African plant-lice given in this paper are based 

 mainly on material collected from Egypt, the Transvaal, the Cape and 

 British East Africa. Macrosiphum pisi, Kalt., from Nairobi, which 

 is destructive to cultivated peas in Europe and North America, is 

 abundant in Egypt on Trifoliiwi alexandrinmn. M. sonchi, L., in 

 Egypt attacks Carduns sp. ; in Europe, the food-plants include 

 Sonchus oleraceus, Chrysanthemum segetum, cultivated chrysanthe- 

 mums, etc. M. nigrmectria, sp. n., from British East Africa, attacks 

 peas. M. hederae, sp. n., was collected in Cape Town on Hedera helix 

 (ivy). M. rosaefolium, sp. n., was found at Gizeh, Ghezireh and Cairo, 

 on roses. 



The following is a list of Aphids occurring on the rose from all parts 

 of the world : Macrosiphum. rosae, L., M. rosaefolium, sp. n., 

 M. rosaeollae, sp. n., M. rosaecola. Pass., M. solanifolii, Ashm., M. rosae- 

 formis, Das, sp. n., Myzus rosarwn, Kalt., M. neorosarum, nom. n. 

 (rosarufn, Buckton), M. tetrahodus, Walk., Aphis dirhodum, Walk., 

 Hyalopterus trirhodus, Walk., H. dilineatus, Buckt., and LacJmus rosae, 

 Mordw. A key to the species is given. 



