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* COLLECTIONS RECEIVED. 



The following collections were received by the Imperial Bureau of Entomology 

 between 1st April and 30th June, 1918, and the thanks of the Managing Committee 

 are tendered to the contributors for their kind assistance : — 



Dr. W. M. Aders, Government Economic Biologist : — 7 Culicidae, 1 Tabanid, and 

 1 Fish (Fundulus mekmospil/us, Pfeffer) destroying Mosquitos. 



Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa : — 324 Bruchid Beetles ; from India. 



Mr. G. E. Bodkin, Government Economic Biologist : — 3 Diptera, 7 Siphonaptera, 

 67 Coleoptera, 40 Hymenoptera, 15 Rhynchota, 13 Orthoptera, 24 Odonata, 32 Ticks, 

 and 1 Scorpion ; from British Guiana. 



Mr. John R. Bovell, Superintendent of Agriculture : — 4 Diptera, 4 Lepidoptera, 



1 Bee, 8 Coleoptera, and 1 Bug ; from Barbados. 



Lieut. P. A. Buxton : — 3 Stomoxys calcitrans and 3 Weevils ; from Mesopotamia. 



Division of Entomology, Pretoria : — 1 Chrysops, 41 other Diptera, 5 Lepidoptera, 

 105 Coleoptera, 2 Planipennia, 6 Hymenoptera, 36 Rhynchota, and 5 Orthoptera ; 

 from South Africa. 



Mr. P. R. Dupont, Curator of the Botanic Station : — 21 Coleoptera aud 3 packages 

 of Coccidae, &c. ; from Seychelles. 



Mr. C. C. Gowdey, Government Entomologist : — 75 Diptera, 104 Coleoptera, 5 

 Planipennia, 304 Hymenoptera, 5 tubes of Thysanoptera, 3 tubes of Aphids, 89 other 

 Rhynchota, 50 Orthoptera, and 4 Ticks ; from Uganda. 



Mr. P. L. Guppy : — 30 specimens of the Froghopper Tomaspis carmodyi ; from 

 Tobago. 



Dr. Van Hall, Director of the Instituut voor Plantenziekten, Buitenzorg : — 

 16 Coleoptera ; from Java. 



Mr. E. Hargreaves : — 85 Culicidae, 15 tubes of Culicid exuviae, 11 Tabanidae, 

 88 other Diptera, 3 Trichoptera, 83 Coleoptera, 1 Chrysopid, 71 Hymenoptera, 

 26 Rhynchota, and 11 Orthoptera ; from Italy. 



Mr. Harold H. King, Government Entomologist : — 11 imagines, 2 puparia, and 

 9 preparations of Glossina fuscipes ; from Khartoum. 



Mr. S. Leefmans, Instituut voor Plantenziekten, Buitenzorg : — 10 Coleoptera ; 

 from Java. 



Capt. Angus Macdonald, R.A.M.C. : — 26 Culicidae ; from Kent. 



Monsieur R. Mayne, Government Entomologist : — 9 Moths and 3 larvae of Brithys 

 pancratii ; from the Belgian Congo. 



Mr. A. D. Poestkoke : — 6 Tabanidae ; from the Kafu River, Uganda. 



Major H. S. Stannus. Senior Medical Officer : — 9 Culicidae, 1 Tabanus, 12 other 

 Diptera, 17 Siphonaptera, 5 Lepidoptera, 3 Coleoptera, 4 Hymenoptera, 3 Mallophaga, 



2 Rhynchota, 1 Mantid, with ootheca, and 4 Mites ; from " German " East Africa. 

 Mr. F. W. Urich, Government Entomologist : — -1 packet of Coccidae ; from Grenada. 



