ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 227 
21. 
_ _—No. 1441 seq. Diacantha spp. (Coleopt:) 
cs are a number of noxious Phytophaga which might be 
ntior ‘Those named in the title of this note feed on 
sae and especially destroy melons and cucumbers. 
i beetles: Monolepta ludrica Wse., Melinotoma spp., 
i Curculionide, larve of Elateride (Tetralobus 
echo erect marr te 270 also Conuon garden gests. 
Hemiptera and Lepidoptera have not yet been re- 
: : 
Pe 
tac 
iol. 
Ro 22. 
7 No. 1156. Simulium damnosum Theob. (Dipt.) 
This tiny fly is possibly one of the most successful destroy- 
s of patience and provokers of profanity in the Colony. Na- 
tives near wet plains sometimes are compelled to move their 
on account of it, and I have had to break camp to es- 
a swarm. Tt crawls down one’s neck and up one’s sleeves 
viciously, leaving a tiny red wheal which itches furi- 
SINS ack @iogser for ome time. 
i: : 23. 
__—*-— No. 179. Apis nigritarum Lep. (Hymenopt.) 
a TP > common Angolan honey bee. The species, described 
"ae eee memeber’ regarded as caly 2 variety of 
rs A. ad soni Latr., and some authors regard both these forms 
Shey ties of the common European honey bee. I have it 
m the authority of Professor Cockerell, however, that our 
ae n nigritarum is not to be identified with the European 
Soe The insect is of considerable economic importance, 
“As the natives eat the honey; and beeswax is one of the chief 
exports of the colony. The hives are made of hollowed out 
pieces of log (sometimes of bark) and are hung or lodged in 
trees. Particular trees are considered to be good “bee trees™ 
Sty eel ot of te es When full, the bees are 
out of the hives and allowed to go off to find 
no +r home. No attempt is made to keep them, or to attract 
~w swarms. It may be said in passing that the Apidae of 
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