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MuiR (F.). Pipunculidae and Stylopidae in Homoptera. — Entomologists' 

 Mthly. Mag., London, liv, no. 649, June 1918, p. 137. 



Delphacidae collected on grass in Scotland have proved to be 

 parasitised to the extent of 30 per cent, by Shjlops sp. , the same genus 

 collected in the Hawaiian islands frequently showing parasitisation 

 with attendant abortion of the genitalia. In the Philippines, Java 

 and the Malayan islands, Jassids and Fulgorids parasitised by Stylops 

 are not uncommon, and it is probable that investigation would show 

 parasitic Pipunculidae and Stylopidae to be common among 

 British Homoptera. 



Grimshaw (P. H.). Chortophila pilipygo., Villeneuve, in Britain. — 



Entomologists'' Mthly. Mag., London, liv, no. 650, Julv 1918, 

 pp. 156-157. 



Phorbia {Chortophila) pilipyga, a species recently described from 

 France, is now recorded from Nottingham. A description is given, 

 distinguishing it from the very similar P. (C.) brassicae, Bch. 



Newbery (E. a.). Lophocateres pusillui, Klug, a cosmopolitan Beetle, 

 in London. — Entomologists' Mthly. Mag., London, liv, no. 650, 

 July 1918, pp. 162-163. 



Lophocateres pusiUns, a beetle not previously found in Britain, is 

 recorded as infesting butter beans together with Lasioderma serricorne, 

 F., and Tribolium navale, F. 



MoRLEY (C). Parasites of the Hawthorn Trichiosoma. — Entomologists' 

 Mthly. Mag., London, liv, no. 650, July 1918, pp. 163-164. 



The Ichneumonid, Pintph instigator, F., a common parasite of 

 Lepidoptera, has also been recorded from Pteronus salicis, L., and 

 P. dimidiatus, Lep. It is now reported from the cocoon of another 

 sawfly, Trichiosoma tibiale, in which was also a single male of the 

 gregarious Cryptid, Panargyrops clg.riger, Tasch., an uncommon 

 species known to attack the sawflies, Diprion {Lophyras) pini and 

 Em.phytns cindns. 



Morley (C). Donacia clavipes, F. at Home. — Entomologists' Mthly. 

 Mag., London, liv, no. 651, August 1918, p. 183. 



The ChrysomeUd, Donacia clavipes, is recorded from the base of the 

 roUed-up leaf of the reed, Phragmites communis. A colony of 

 Hyalopterus arundinis, F., was present on the stem and the beetles 

 were detected in some cases in the act of devouring the Aphids or 

 their honeydew. 



Copley (G. H.). Some Garden Pests. — Gardeners' Chronicle, London, 

 Lxiii, no. 1643, 22nd June 1918, pp. 253-254, 2 figs. 



In the Bradford district of Yorkshire, insect pests were extremely 

 abundant in the summer of 1918, especially Tipula oleracea, the larva 

 of which attacked cabbages, peas and beans, cutting through the stem, 

 either upon, or just beneath, the surface of the soil. Oviposition takes 



