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COLLECTIONS RECEIVED. 



The thanks of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology are due to the following 

 gentlemen, who have kindly forwarded collections of insects (received between 

 1st October and 31st December, 1915) : — 



Dr. W. M. Aders : — 9 Culicidae, 16 other Diptera, and 11 tubes of intestinal worms ; 

 from Zanzibar. 



Mr. E. Ballard, Government Entomologist : — 17 Diptera, 4 Hymenoptera, 187 

 Coleoptera, 192 Lepidoptera, 103 Rh\Tichota, 28 Orthoptera, and 1 tube of Leeches ; 

 from South India. 



Mr. C. Beeson, Forest Zoologist : — 126 Curculionidae ; from Dehra Dun, India. 



Mr. G. E. Bodkin, Government Economic Biologist : — 1 Culicid, 3 Tabanus, 1 

 Chalcid, 124 other Hymenoptera, 6 Coleoptera, 6 Lepidoptera, about 100 Mallophaga, 

 2 species of Coccidae, 28 other Rhynchota, 62 Odonata, 5 Orthoptera, 16 Gamasid 

 mites, 2 Argulidae, 1 Leech, and a number of intestinal worms ; from British Guiana. 



Dr. A. S. Burgess, W.A.M.S. :— 32 Culicidae ; from the Gold Coast. 



Dr. G. D. H. Carpenter :■ — 7 Diptera, numerous Braconidae, 18 other Hymenoptera, 

 66 Coleoptera, 13 Rhynchota, 3 Orthoptera, 1 Tick, 1 Pseudoscorpion, and 1 Slug ; 

 from LTganda. 



Mr. E. C. Chubb, Curator of the Durban Museum :— 33 Tabanidae, 27 Trypetidae, 



6 Hippoboscidae, 98 other Diptera, 142 Rhynchota, and 66 Odonata ; from Natal 

 and Nyasaland. 



Mrs. Andrew Connal : — 305 Culicidae, 5 Tabanidae, and 2 other Diptera ; from 

 Lagos, Nigeria. 



Mr. M. H. Dawe : — 6 Diptera, and 5 larvae ; from Colombia. 



Mr. d'Emmerez de Charmoy, Government Entomologist : — 40 Chalcids, 23 Moths, 

 and 1 sp. of Coccidae ; from Mauritius and Reunion. 



Division of Entomology, Pretoria : — 15 Diptera, 6 Chalcids, 9 other Hymenoptera, 

 51 Coleoptera, 35 Lepidoptera, 4 Myrmeleonidae, 46 Rhynchota, 2 Odonata, and 



7 Orthoptera ; from South Africa. 



Mr. P. R. Dupont, Curator of the Botanic Station : — 80 Coleoptera ; from the 

 Seychelles. 



Geneeskundig Laboratorium, Buitenzorg :— 218 Culicidae ; from Java. 



Dr. Lewis H. Gough, Director, Entomological Section, Ministry of Agriculture :— 

 2 Culicidae, 2 Tabanidae, 5 other Diptera, 33 Hymenoptera, 4 Coleoptera, 7 Plani- 

 peunia, 6 Rhynchota, and 8 Odonata ; from Egypt. 



Mr. C. C. Gowdey, Government Entomologist : — 1 Haematopota, 22 other Diptera, 

 231 Hymenoptera, 437 Coleoptera, 5 Psychid cases, 72 Termites, 32 Thysanoptera, 



8 lots of Coccidae, 133 other Rhynchota, 10 Orthoptera, and 23 Ticks ; from Uganda. 



Mr. Ernest Hargreaves : — About 100 Chalcids, 58 Ants, 30 larvae, 14 pupae, and 

 10 imagines of the weevil Anthonomus grandis, 16 other Coleoptera, 2 envelopes of 

 Coccidae, 3 slides of Aleurodidae, and 2 slides of Mites ; from the United States. 

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