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COLLECTIONS RECEIVED. 



The under-mentioned collections wore received by tlic Imperial Bun'aii of 

 Entomology between 1st January and 31st March, 1920, and the thanks of the 

 Managing Committee are tendered to the contributors for their kind assistance : — 



Dr. J. n. Ashworth, F.R.S. : — 2 Chironomidae, 10 Culicidae, (> Tabanus, and 

 17 Glossina ; from the Sudan. 



Surg.-Comm. E. L. Atkinson : — 4 Tahanus and 3 larvae of Musca domeslica. 



Mr. E. Ballard, Government Entomologist : — i6 CuUcidae, 478 other Diptera, 

 28 Coleoptera, and 47 Rhynchota ; from Madras. 



Capt. P. J. Barraud : — 49 Culicidae, 29 other Diptera, 8 Hymenoptera, 377 

 Coleoptera, 36 Lepidoptera, and 45 Rhynchota ; from Palestine. 



Mr. G. E. Bodkin, Government Economic Biologist : — 6 Tabanidae, 37 other 

 Diptera, 350 Hymenoptera, 34 Coleoptera, 100 Isoptera, 1 species of Coccidae, 

 51 other Rhynchota, 52 Spiders, 3 Centipedes, and 2 Millipedes ; from British 

 Guiana. 



Mr. P. A. Buxton : — 14 Trypetidae, 5 Weevils from Cotton, and 1 Bug ; from 

 Mesopotamia. 



Mr. J. B. Corporaal, Entomologist to the Algemeen Proefstation : — 136 Rhynchota ; 

 from Sumatra. 



Division of Entomology, Pretoria : — 14 Diptera, 189 Hymenoptera, and 7 

 Coleoptera ; from South Africa. 



Government Entomologist, Sudan : — 3 Diptera, 1 1 Hymenoptera, 10 Lepidoptera, 

 and 5 Rhynchota ; from the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. 



Mr. G. F. Hill, Entomologist, Australian Institute of Tropical Medicine : — 

 125 Culicidae, 13 Tabanidae, 24 other Diptera, 10 Termites, and 5 species of 

 Coccidae ; from Queensland. 



Imperial Department of Agriculture, West Indies : — 2 Nests of the W asp, Polistes 

 annularis and 6 Moths bred from them ; from Barbados. , 



Dr. A. Ingram : — 87 Culicidae, 1 Tahanus, 2 Glossina, 15 other Diptera, 1 Moth, 

 1 Cockroach, and 2 May-flies ; from the Gold Coast. 



Mr. Nigel K. Jardine : — 73 Parasitic Hymenoptera ; from Ceylon. 



Mr. LI. Lloyd : — Collections of the Tomato Moth, Polia oleracea, L., and the 

 Aleurodid, Asterochiton vaporariorum, Westw ; from Hertfordshire. 



Mr. A. Loveridge, Curator, East Africa and Uganda Natural History Society : — 

 27 CuUcidae, 30 Tabanidae, 20 Glossina, 344 other Diptera, 37 Dipterous pupa cases, 

 834 Ants and 37 pupa cases, 6 other Hymenoptera, 1 Caddis-fly, 1 species of Coccidae, 

 1,497 other Rhynchota, 2 Orthoptera, and 228 Odonata ; from British East Africa 

 and Tanganyika Territory. 



Mrs. W. Smith : — 66 Culicidae, 6 Tahanus, 1 Glossina, 50 other Diptera, 21 

 Hymenoptera, 23 Coleoptera, 2 Lepidoptera, 2 Caddis-flies, 41 Rhynchota, 6 

 Orthoptera, and 1 Tick ; from the Gold Coast. 



Mr. F. V. Theobald : — 2 Chalcids (Pteromalus egregius, Forst,), bred from the 

 Brown-tail Moth ; from Romney, Kent. 



