NOTKS ON EAST AFRICAN INSECTS. 1013 



,49. Notes on East African Insects collected 1915-1922. 

 By Artiiuh LovEiiiDGE, F.E.S., C.M.Z.S. 



. , / [Received October 20, 1923 : Read Novemlbev 6, 1923.] 



It was my intention on returning to England after my first 

 term in East Africa (1915-1919) to publish such field-notes as 

 were of general intorest as each order of insects wi\h worked out, 

 over twenty thousand insects having been collected. 



The difliculty of getting these determinations performed has, 

 however, prevented the carrying out of my original plan, and as 

 these notes are accumulating, I have made sundry extracts from 

 my journal in the hope that entomologists may find amongst these 

 casual jottings something of interest. 



The present miscellany is divided into two parts, (A) being; a 

 list of Hymenoptera and their Dipterous mimics taken at Kilosa, 

 and (B) more general observations on Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, 

 Lepidoptera, and Orthoptera, Next year, when more of the 

 material will have been identified, it may be possible to publish 

 a second instalment covering the same and other orders. 



Localities may be grouped as follows : — 



1. Kenya Colony (late British East Africa), 



Frere Town, on mainland opposite Mombasa Island. 

 Mbut\yi, north of Taveta and west of Kilimanjaro. 

 Nairobi, 327 miles west of Mombasa. 

 Ngong, some six miles from Nairobi. 



2. Tanganyika Territoey (late German East Africa). 



Dutumi, in Morogoio District. 



Handeni, in Pangani District. 



Izikisia, 40 km. N.E. of Tabora in Tabora District. 



Kahe, in Moshi District. 



Kilosa, 80 km. AV. of Mox'ogoro in Morogoro District. 



Longido West, i. e. west District of Mt. Longido, Arusha. 



Myombo, 75 km. W. of Morogoro in Morogoro District. 



Mkomasi, 30 km. N.W. of Lushoto in Usambara District. . 



Morogoro, on Central Railway, ? 100 km. west of Dar es 



Salaam. 

 Moshi, on Tanga Railway in Moshi District. 

 Ngari Mtoni, six miles west of Arusha, Arusha District. 

 Ngeri-ngeri River, south of Ngeri-ngeri Station, Cent. Rly. 

 Singida, 120 km. north of Kilamatinde in Dodoma District. 

 Tambali, in Tabora District. 

 pROC. ZooL. Soc— 1923, No. LXVI. 66 



