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bands on the fourth, fifth, and sixth segments. The dorsum and 

 sides are velvety black, with oblique white basal lateral bands, be- 

 coming apical on the sixth and seventh segments. Abdomen 

 narrowed towards its extremity. Legs and tarsi : As in male. 



Wings : First submarginal cell more than one-third of its length 

 longer than the second posterior. The stem of the first submarginal 

 is less than half the length of the cell. The supernumerary and mid 

 cross-veins are close together ; the posterior cross-vein about its own 

 length towards the base of the wing. Sixth vein as in male. 



Length : 4 mm. 



Habitat. Obuasi and Kumasi, in bush ; August to November 

 at Obuasi, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ; October, Kumasi, 11 p.m. 



(To be continued.) 



CUE RENT NOTES. 

 By G. W. Kirkaldy. 



1. Reuter, 0. M. : " Charakteristik und Entwickelunsgescbichte 



der Hemipteren-Fauna (Heteroptera, Auchenorrhyncba, 

 und Psyllidse) der Palaearktiscben Coniferen," Act. Soc. 

 Sci. Fenn. xxxvi. no. 1, pp. 1-129 (1908). 



2. Distant, W. L. : " Rbynchota, vol. iv." Fauna of British 



India Series, pp. 1-501, text figs. 1-282. [Hemiptera.] 



3. Gillette, C. P. and Taylor, E. P. : "A few Orchard Plant 



Lice," Bull. Colorado Exp. Sta. 133, pp. 1-48, pis. 1-4 

 (September, 1908). [Hemiptera.] 



4. Guilbeau, B. H. : " The Origin and Formation of the Froth 



in Spittle Insects," Amer. Nat. xlii. 783-98, figs. 1-8 

 (December, 1908). [Hemiptera.] 



5. Felt and others : " Twenty-third Report of the State Ento- 



mologist of New York," Educ. Dept. Bull. no. 433 (Mus. 

 Bull. 124), pp. 1-541, text figs. 1-49, pis. 1-44, and two 

 text maps. 



6. Doane, R. W. : " Variations in the Wing-venation in some 



Tipulidse," Ent. News, xix. 405-7, pi. xvii. (November, 

 1908). [Diptera.j 



7. Preble, E. A. : "A Biological Investigation of the Atha- 



baska-Mackenzie Region," North Amer. Fauna, no. 27, 

 pp. 1-574, pis. i.-xxv. text figs. 1-16 (October 26th, 1908). 



8. Soar, C. D. : " The Genus Hydrachna," Journ. Quekett 



Micr. Club (2), x. 271-82, pi. 21 (November, 1908). 

 [Arachnida.] 



9. Wesghe, W. : " The Proboscis of the Blowfly, Calliphora 



erythrocephala, Mg. — a Study in Evolution," op. cit. 283-94, 

 pis. 22-23. [Diptera.] 



