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Carie (P.). L'Oeuvre de la Direction de I'Agriculture k I'lle Maurice.— 



Bull. Soc. Nat. AcclimaL, France, Paris, Ixvii, no. 10, October 

 1919, pp. 317-326, 1 fig. 



The work of the Department of Agriculture of Mauritius is reviewed 

 since its establishment a few years ago, particularly with respect to 

 the discovery in the island of the sugar-cane pest, Phytalus smithi, 

 Arrow, and to the introduction of its parasite, TijpJiia parallela. Smith 

 [R.A.E., A, V, 502 etc.]. 



Other sugar-cane pests studied in the island include Oryctes tarandus, 

 against which the Scoliid parasites, Scolia oryctophaga, S. viridicolor, 

 S. cajfra, Elis pfeifferi, E. rotnandi and E. thoracica have been intro- 

 duced, and the Lepidoptera.. Sesamia vuteria, Stoll, Diatraea venosata, 

 Walk, {striatalis, Snell), Argyroploce (Grapholitha) schistaceana, Van 

 Dev., and Alucita sacchari, Bojer. 



VAN DER GooT (P.). Notcs OH Somc Indian Aphides. — Records Indian 

 Museum, Calcutta, xiii, no. 4, August 1917, pp. 175-183. 6 figs. 

 [Received 3rd December 1919.] 



The new Aphids from India here described are Macrosiphum gravelyi, 

 EJiopalosiphum vagans, Trichosiphum dubium, T. montanum, Lachnus 

 himalayensis and L. similis, the food-plants being unknown. 



Aphis nerii, Boyer (asclepiadis, Pass.) is recorded on Callotroj)is 

 gigantea and Tylophora asiatica ? ; SipJionaphis maidis, Fitch, on 

 maize ; and S. 7iymphaeae, L., on water- hyacinth. 



Bodkin (G. E.). Notes on the Coleoptera of British Guiana.— 



Entom. Mtlily. Mag., London y 3rd Series nos, 58, 59 & 60, 

 October, November and December 1919, pp. 217-219, 264, 

 265-272. 



This list which is a continuation of one previously noticed [R.A.E., 

 A, vii, 484] includes : Oxyligyrus zoilus, Oliv., which bores into fully- 

 grown tubers of tannias {Colocasia xanthosoma) ; Macraspis chrysis, 

 L., which attacks mangoes, roses, etc. ; a Buprestid, Stenogaster linearis, 

 L., on black sage {Cordia auhletti) ; an Elaterid, Eudactylus interruptus, 

 Oliv., taken from the leaf -base of coconut palm affected with bud-rot ; 

 a Ptinid, Lasioderma serricorne, vSteph. , in stored grain, and also attacking 

 leather, tobacco in all forms, books, paper, biscuits and other dried 

 foodstuffs ; the Curculionids, Rhynchophorus palmarum, L., the larvae 

 of which are found in decaying or diseased coconut palms and sugar- 

 cane ; Metamasius hemipterus, L., which breeds in sugar-cane and Avill 

 attack the cane " tops " when placed in the soil, thus destroying the 

 eyes of the cane ; and Calandra oryzae, L.; the Cerambycids, Macrodontia 

 cervicornis, L., which has been bred in a decaying trunk of coconut 

 palm; Chlorida f estiva, L., sometimes injuring Hevea rubber; 

 Orthomegas cinnamoneus, L., found boring into dead and dry stems of 

 Hevea rubber; Trachyderes succinctus, L., on Para grass; Stirastoma 

 depressum, L., which is not so dangerous to cacao as it is inTrinidad ; 

 Oncideres repandator, F., on mango trees ; and 0. albomarginata, Th., 

 destroying the bark of the kola nut tree ; the Bruchids, Pachymerus 

 {Gary chorus) nucleorum, F., attacking various palm seeds including 

 those of Bactris major, Elaeis guineensis (West African oil palm) and 



