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and the author proposes to treat them all as one with Lachnosterna. 

 At the same time it is pointed out that the generic name Phyllophaga, 

 Harr., is a nomen nudum. 



The new species described are Lachnosterna jamaicensis from 

 Jamaica, L. montserraiensis from Montserrat, L. antiguae, pupae and 

 adults of which were found in numbers in the soil of sugar-cane fields, 

 from Antigua and Dominica, and L. acinosa and L. dilemma from 

 Trinidad. 



Bezzi (M.). Further Notes on the Lonchaeidae (Dipt.), with Description 

 of New Species from Africa and Asia. — Bull. Entom. Res., London, 

 xi, pt. 3. December 1920, pp. 199-210. 



Keys are given to the Ethiopian species of the genus Lonchaea 

 (superseding that previously noticed [R.A.E., A, vii, 243] owing to the 

 addition of five new species), to the Indo-AustraUan species, of which 

 two new species are described, and to the females of the subgenus 

 Carpolonchaea from the Orient. 



Marshall (G. A. K.). Some New Injurious Weevils. — Bull. Entom. 

 Res., London, xi, pt. 3, December 1920, pp. 271-278, 1 plate. 



The following new species are described : — Brachyderinae : Tany- 

 mecus destructor, which sometimes causes considerable damage to 

 maize, and also feeds on the leaves of other crops, such as sweet 

 potatoes, and T. agricola, which feeds on maize, both from South 

 Rhodesia. Otiorrhynchinae : Isaniris ater from South Rhodesia and 

 Nyasaland, which besides feeding commonly on trees of the genus 

 Brachystegia attacks various cultivated plants, including Citrus ; 

 Systates exaptus, which feeds on a number of different herbaceous plants, 

 the adults sometimes causing appreciable injury to young maize 

 plants, and S. chirindensis , which feeds on the leaves of coffee, both 

 from South Rhodesia. Calandrinae : Calandra shoreae, which attacks 

 the seeds of the sal tree {Shorea robiista) and of Dipterocarpus turhinatus, 

 from India and Mauritius ; C. glandium, bred from acorns of Quercus 

 incana and Q. dilatata from India ; and Stenommatus musae, which 

 breeds in the root (corm) of banana, from the Hawaiian Islands. 



Elytroteinus, nom. no v., is proposed for the genus Pteroporns, Fairmaire 

 {nee Schonh.), of which the only known species, E. suhtruncatus, Frm., 

 originally described from Fiji, has recently been found at Honolulu 

 attacking the roots of ginger {Hedychium coronarium) . 



MacGregor (M. E.). a New Type of Entomological Killing-bottle.— 



Bull. Entom. Res., London, xi, pt. 3, December 1920, pp. 283-285, 

 Ifig. 



A killing-bottle for use with chloroform is described that has the 

 merit of preventing the rapid evaporation of the fluid, so that 5 cc. of 

 chloroform is sufficient for a week's use. The apparatus may be most 

 easily made with a large test-tube, but could be adapted if a very 

 large-mouthed bottle were required. The chloroform is kept at the 

 bottom of the tube by a red rubber cork, through which passes a small 

 piece of glass tubing (internal diameter, 2 to 3 mm.). None of the 

 chloroform escapes owing to the air pressure at the upper end of the 

 tubing, but there is always a high concentration of chloroform vapour 

 in the test-tube. 



