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COLLECTIONS RECEIVED. 



The under-mentioned collections were received by the Imperial Bureau of 

 Entomology between 1st January and 31st March 1918, and the thanks of the 

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



Dr. W. M. Aders, Government Economic Biologist : — 1 Moth, 8 Coleoptera, 

 6 fishes, and 3 mammals ; from Zanzibar. 



Dr. W. Allan : — 98 Mosquitos, bred at Freetown, Sierra Leone. 



Mr. H. F. Baker : — 1 Saga Grasshopper ; from Salonica. 



Mr. G. E. Bodkin, Government Economic Biologist : — 7 Lepidoptera, 1 Beetle, 

 2 Hymenoptera, 5 Rhynchota, and 13 Orthoptera ; from British Guiana. 



Mr. John R. Bovell, Superintendent of Agriculture : — 4 Weevils ; from Barbados. 



Lieut. P. A. Buxton, R.A.M.C. : — 7 Culicidae, 6 other Diptera, and 1 Wasp ; from 

 Mesopotamia. 



Capt. G. D. H. Carpenter : — 2 Tabanus, 4 Haematojiota, 36 other Diptera, 

 69 Lepidoptera, 1,468 Coleoptera, 10 Planipennia, 264 Hymenoptera, 1 Coccid, 

 159 other Rhynchota, 1 Embiid, 56 Orthoptera, 2 Odonata, and 3 Isopoda ; from 

 " German " East Africa. 



The Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew : — 1 Beetle and 3 Beetle larvae ; 

 from New Jersey. 



Mr. P. R. Dupont, Curator of the Botanic Station : — 2 packets of Coccidae and 2 of 

 vegetable pests ; from Seychelles. ->. 



The Government Entomologist, Madras : — 10 Weevils ; from South India. 



Mr. C. C. Gowdey, Government Entomologist : — 28 Diptera, 7 Lepidoptera, 

 204 Coleoptera, 19 Chalcids, 115, other Hymenoptera, 35 Thrips, 1 Coccid, 110 Aphids, 

 114 other Rhynchota, and 1 Worm ; from Uganda. 



Mr. E. Hargreaves :— 328 Culicidae, 7 Tabanidae, 87 other Diptera, 1 Moth, 6 

 Trichoptera, 166 Coleoptera, 1 Lacewing, 27 Hymenoptera, 56 Rhynchota, 

 17 Orthoptera, 3 Isoptera, 1 Dragonfly, 1 Mayfly, and 2 Thysanura ; from Taranto, 

 Italy. 



Dr. W. A. Lamborn : — 3 Tabanus, 6 Glossina, 52 other Diptera, 46 Coleoptera, 

 a large number of Chalcids, 31 other Hymenoptera, and 2 packets of Coccidae ; 

 from " German " East Africa. 



Capt. A. Macdonald, R.A.M.C. : — A tube of Mosquito (Ochkrotatus) larvae ; from 

 Chatham. 



Mr. Chas. W. Mally, Cape Province Entomologist : — 17 Diptera ; from South 

 Africa. 



M. R. Mayne, Government Entomologist : — 208 Coleoptera and 40 Rhynchota ; 

 from the Belgian Congo. 

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