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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 (between 1st January 

 1916 and 31st March 1916) :— 



Dr. W. M. Aders : — 2 Muscidae and 4 tubes of intestinal worms ; from Zanzibar. 



Mr. C. Beeson, Imperial Forest Zoologist :— about 700 Chalcids ; 19 Braconidae 

 and their cocoons ; and 2 Proctotrupidae ; from Dehra Dun, India. 



Mr. G. E. Bodkin, Government Economic Biologist :— 15 Diptera ; 45 Ants ; 

 33 other Hymenoptera ; 31 Coleoptera ; 2 Moths ; 4 Planipennia ; 17 Rhynchota ; 

 21 Odonata ; 15 Orthoptera ; 4 spiders and a number of worms ; from British 

 Guiana. 



Mr. M. T. Dawe : — 2 imagines of the fly Dermatobia hominis and 1 Sarcophaga fly 

 bred from a Locust ; from Colombia. 



Mr. d'Emmerez de Charmoy, Government Entomologist : — 4 Coleoptera ; from 

 Mauritius. 



Division of Entomology, Pretoria : — 14 Coleoptera ; from South Africa. 



Director, South African Museum : — 5 Moths ; from South Africa. 



Mr. P. R. Dupont, Curator of the Botanic Station : — 50 Coleoptera and a number 

 of Coccidae ; from the Seychelles. 



Mr. C. French, Jr., Government Entomologist: — A number of Coccidae; from 

 Victoria. 



Mr. C. C. Gowdey, Government Entomologist :— 2 Culicidae ; 37 other Diptera ; 

 3 species of Thysanoptera ; 10 Braconidae ; 550 other Hymenoptera ; 967 Coleop- 

 tera ; 16 Lepidoptera ; about 100 Aphids ; 2 boxes of Coccidae ; 478 other 

 Rhynchota ; 37 Orthoptera ; 1 tube of ticks and 1 tube of intestinal worms ; from 

 Uganda. 



The Governor of Jamaica : — 18 imagines, 2 larvae and 4 pupae of Cosmopolites 

 sordidus ; from Jamaica. 



Mr. P. L. Guppy : — 3 Hymenoptera ; 57 Lepidoptera and 3 cocoons ; and 

 19 Scorpions ; from Trinidad. 



Mr. W. Harris, Superintendent of Public Gardens :— 18 Cistelid beetles and 

 9 Coleopterous larvae ; from Jamaica. 



Mr. G. F. Hill, Government Entomologist :— 4 Cecidomyiidae ; 5 other Diptera ; 

 619 Ants, 33 larvae, and 32 pupae ; 1 Ants' nest ; 3 Planipennia ; a large number of 

 Coccidae ; 13 Cercopid bugs ; and 1 Mantid ; from the Northern Territory of 

 Australia. 



Dr. W. A. Lamborn : — A large number of Glossina tnorsitans pupa-cases ; 24 

 other Dipterous puparia ; 42 other Diptera ; about 140 Chalcids ; 230 other Hymen- 

 optera ; 116 Coleoptera ; 2 Coleopterous larvae ; 36 Lepidoptera ; 2 Chrysopidae ; 

 51 Rhynchota ; 6 Odonata ; and 1 spider ; from Nyasaland. 



