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Tachycines, Adelung 1902. Other species, the systematic position of 

 which is dealt with, are D. ttnicolor, Br., from Siberia, China and 

 Japan, and D. apicalis, Br., from Japan. T. asynamoriis occurs in 

 Europe and the United States in greenhouses, but originally came from 

 Japan, and D. marmonita has only been recorded from Japan. 



Green (E. E.) & Laing (P.). Coccidae from the Seychelles. — Bull. 

 Ent. Res., London, xii, pt. 2, September 1921, pp. 125-128, 

 4 figs. 



The new species described are : Psendaonidia iota, on leaves of 

 Eugenia caryophyUata ; P. aldabraca, on bark of " Bois d'Amande " 

 [Mahurea speciosa] ; and Aonidia ohtusa, on Verschaff cilia splendida. 



New additions to the list of Coccids recorded from the Seychelles 

 are : Ceroplasles rubens, Mask., on a fern ( Acrostichum sp.) ; Chionaspis 

 snbcorticalis, Green, on tomatos from Astove Island and on Sida sp. 

 from Assumption Island, hitherto only recorded from Ceylon ; 

 Pinnaspis biixi, Bch., on Pandanns seychellarum from Felicite Island 

 and on Areca catechu ; and Diaspis flacourtiae, Rutherf., on Flacourtia, 

 causing abnormal growth on the older and mature branches, previously 

 known only from Ceylon. 



Lyle (G. T.). On three new Species of Indian Braconidae. — Bull. 

 Ent. Res., London, xii, pt. 2, September 1921, pp. 129-132, 2 figs. 



The new Braconids described are : Microplitis similis, a parasite 

 of Agrotis ypsilon, L., in Bihar and Orissa and in Bengal ; and 

 M. eusirus and Rhogas [Heterogamus) percurrens, reared from Achaea 

 Janata, L., in Bihar and Orissa. 



Scott (H.). The Ptinid Beetle, Trigonogenins globuium, Solier, breeding 

 in Argol. — Bull. Ent. Res., London, xii, pt. 2, September 1921, 

 pp. 133-134. 



The Ptinid, Trigonogenins globuium, Solier, originally described from 

 Chile, is very widely distributed. In England it has been found in 

 cotton mills, corn mills and granaries, under timber and among wood 

 shavings. It is here recorded in numbers in a jar of argol containing 

 about 80 per cent, of potassium bitartrate, which had been tightly 

 corked for about seven years. The results of subsequent experiments 

 indicate that the beetles did not feed exchisively on potassium bitartrate, 

 but also, partly at least, on the ingredients forming the other 20 per 

 cent, of the argol. Attempts to start breeding in pure cream of tartar 

 failed. When the beetles are bred in oatmeal or raisins the generations 

 succeed one another more rapidly than when argol is the breeding 

 medium, in which case there is only about one generation a year. 



Marshall ((i. A. K.). On New Species of Curculionidae attacking 

 Forest Trees in India. — Bull. Ent. Res., London, xii, pt. 2, 

 September 1921, pp. 165-180, 13 figs. 



The new weevils described are : — Sympiezomias beesoni, from 

 Madras, feeding on leaves of young teak and in some cases defoliating 

 the trees ; Alcides dipterocarpi, bred from seeds of Dipterocarpus, 

 from the United Provinces ; M ecistocerus fumostis, on Pinus longifolia. 



