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Macrosiphoniella ckri/santhemi, Del Guercio, has been recorded from 

 British East Africa, Transvaal, England and Italy. The alate forms 

 cluster at the tops of shoots of chrysanthemums and do considerable 

 damage by distorting and stunting the flower buds. In England they 

 seem to occur from September to November in the open and throughout 

 the winter under glass. Descriptions of the following species are also 

 given : Rliojoalosijphum carduellinnm, sp. n., from the Transvaal, on 

 Carduus sp. ; R. lactucellum, sp. n., from Egypt, on lettuce and 

 peach; Siphoconjne splendens, sp. n., from Egypt, on wheat; S. nym- 

 phaeae, L., from Egypt, on lotus water lily, also occurring in Europe 

 and America on Nymphaea lutea, N. alba, Alisma plantago, etc. ; 

 Aphis hederella, sp. n., from Cape Town, on Hedera helix ; A. pseudo- 

 cardui, sp. n., from the Transvaal, on Carduvs sp. ; A. leguminosae, 

 sp. n., from Egypt and British East Africa, on beans, peas and 

 Gleditschia triacanihos ; A. compositae, sp. n., from Nairobi, on 

 composites ; Aphis cynarae, sp. n., from Egypt, on Cynara (artichoke) ; 

 A. punicella, sp. n., from Eg}^pt, on Punica granatum (pomegi-anate) ; 

 A. parvus, sp. n., from Egypt, on chrysanthemums ; A. maidis. 

 Fitch, A. laburni, Kalt., A. medicaginis, Koch, and Myzics tetrahodus, 

 Walk., from Egypt, on wheat, Robinia sp., Medicago sp., and roses 

 respectively ; 31. asclepiadis, Pass., from Uganda, Transvaal, 

 and Italy, on Asclepias lunala, Gomphomrjnis fruticosus and Salix sp. ; 

 Neotoxoptem violae, gen et sp. n., from Transvaal, on Viola sp. ; 

 Chaitojjhorus popidi, L., from Egypt and widely distributed in Europe, 

 on Populus spp. and Prunus sp. ; Callipterus ononidis, Kalt., from 

 Egypt, Europe, North America and India, on Trifolium alexandrinum 

 (berseem), T. pratense, Ononis spinosus and Medicago saliva ; Sallu- 

 saphis scirpus, gen. et sp. n., from Egypt, on sedges ; Anoecia will- 

 cocksi, sp. n., from Egypt, on the roots of wheat ; Lachnus viminalis, 

 Boyer, from Egypt, on willow ; Protolachnus tuberculostemmata 

 sp. n., from Egypt, on Pinus sp. ; Pemphigus globulosus, sp. u., from 

 Egypt, on Populus sp., causing large irregular galls ; Tychea phaseoli, 

 Pass., occurring in Egypt, Italy, France, Britain, on bean roots, 

 Brassica, Euphorbia and Amaranlhus ; Rhizobius graminis, Buckt., 

 from Eg}^pt and Eiu'ope, on wheat and various grass roots. 



New localities and food-plants are recorded ; Macrosiphmn rosae, 

 L., from Egypt, on roses ; Rhopalosiphum dianthi, Schrank, from 

 Egypt, on potato, peach, and apricot, and from the Transvaal, on 

 tobacco ; Aphis gossypii. Glover, from Egypt, on maize ; A. iavaresi, 

 Del Guercio, from British East Africa on Jamaican lime ; A. rumicis, 

 L., from Egj^pt, on Runiex sp. and Papaver sp. ; A. nerii, Boyer, from 

 Pretoria on Nerium oleander ; Toxoptera graminum, Rond., from 

 Egypt, on wheat. 



Ballou (H. a.). Observations on insect pests in Grenada. — Bull. 

 Entom. Research, vi, no. 2, Sept. 11)15, pp. 173-181. 

 An abstract of this report has already been published [see this 

 Review, Ser. A, pp. 582-583]. 



Bagnall (R. S.). a New Vine Thrips (Thysanoptera) from Cyprus.— 

 Bull. Entom. Research, London, vi, no. 2, September 1915, 

 pp. 199-200. 

 A description is given of Cryptothrips brevicollis, sp. n., found on 



vines in Cyprus. 



