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COLLECTIONS RECEIVED. 



The following coili'ctions were received by the Imperial Bureau of Entomology 

 betweenlst July and 30th September,1916, and the thanks of the Managing Committee 

 are tendered to the contributors for their kind assistance : — 



Dr. W. M. Aders : — 282 Culicidae, 12 other Diptera, 2 Microlepidoptera, 8 Ants, 

 and 4 Mollusca ; from Zanzibar. 



Dr. W. Allan : — 63 Mosquito larvae and pupae ; from Sierra Leone. 



Captain C. H. Armitage, C.M.G., D.S.O., Chief Commissioner : — 8 Culicidae, 

 2 Tabanidae, and 2 Muscidae ; from the Northern Territories, Gold Coast. 



Mr. G. E. Bodkin, Government Economic Biologist : — 5 Hippoboscidae, 16 other 

 Diptera, 1 Chalcid, 85 other Hymenoptera, 29 Coleoptera, 4 Lepidoptera, 2 Plani- 

 pennia, 2 Mallophaga, a number of Coccidae, 11 other Rhynchota, 8 Orthoptera, 

 1 Tick, 1 Centipede, and 3 worms ; from British Guiana. 



Mr. I. H. Burkill, Director of the Botanic Gardens, Straits Settlements : — 3 Weevils, 

 attacking orchids ; from Penang. 



Mr. E. C. Chubb, Curator of the Durban Museum : — 94 Diptera, 3 Coleoptera, and 

 17 Rhynchota ; from Natal. 



i\Irs. A. Coiinal :— ^9 Culicidae ; from Lagos. 



Mr. M. T. Dawe, Director of Agriculture : — 15 larvae of Dermatohia hominis, 10 

 Tabanidae, about 30 Bees, about 150 Termites, 4 Weevils, 22 Rhynchota, 2 

 Orthoptera, and 84 Ticks ; from Colombia. 



Mr. D'Ennnerez de Charmoy, Government Entomologist :— 27 Diptera, 

 9 Hymenoptera and 2 Hymenopterous pupa-cases ; from Mauritius. 



The Division of Entomology, Pretoria : — 4 Diptera, 18 Hymenoptera, 58 Coleoptera, 

 8 Rhynchota, and 9 Orthoptera ; from South Africa. 



Mr. P. R. Dupont, Curator of the Botanic Station, Seychelles : — 3 Mosquitos, 

 33 Hymenoptera, 69 Coleoptera and 9 larvae, 44 Lepidoptera and 5 larvae, 1 Ant- 

 lion, about 100 Termites, 20 packets of Coccidae, 25 other Rhynchota, 12 Orthoptera, 

 7 Odonata, and 12 Crustacea ; from various islands in the Lidian Ocean. 



Mr. C. 0. Farquharson, Government Mycologist, S. Nigeria : — 31 Ants ; from 

 Aberdeenshire. 



Mr. T. Bainbrigge Fletcher, Imperial Entomologist : — 215 Weevils ; from India. 



Mr. C. C. Gowdey, Government Entomologist : — 1 1 Diptera, 38 Chalcids, 1 1 other 

 Hymenoptera, 92 Coleoptera, 19 Lepidoptera, 2 spp. of Coccidae, about 100 Aphididae, 

 51 other Rhynchota, 5 Thrips, 2 Lice, 12 Mites, 1 Centipede, and 1 Worm ; from 

 Uganda. 



Mr. Gerald F. Hill, Government Entomologist : — 5 Diptera, 2 spp. of Coccidae, 

 5 other Rhynchota, and 1 Cockroach ; from the Northern Territory of Australia. 



The Director of the Imperial Institute : — 2 Coleopterous larvae. 



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