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COLLECTIONS RECEIVED. 



The thanks of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology are due to the following 

 gentlemen, who have kindly presented collections of insects (received between 1st July 

 and 30th September, 1915) :— 



Mr. T. J. Anderson, Government Entomologist : — 1 Asilid and its prey, 3 Hippo- 

 boscidae, 239 other Diptera, 256 Hymenoptera, 4 Coleoptera, 3 Rhynchota, and 

 5 Orthoptera ; from British East Africa. 



Dr. J. H. Ashworth : — 6 Chalcids and 4 larvae ; from New South Wales. 



Mr. E. Ballard, Government Entomologist : — about 100 Cecidomyidae, 1 Haema- 

 tofota, 2 Trypetidae, 21 Hymenoptera, 31 Coleoptera, and 1 bottle of Thrips ; from 

 South India. 



Dr. F. J. A. Beringer, W.A.M.S. : — 3 Culicidae, about 28 Culicid larvae, 15 Tahanus, 

 3 Glossina, about 40 Siphonaptera, 2 Ticks, and 1 Spider ; from Sierra Leone. 



Mr. G. E. Bodkin, Government Economic Biologist : — 9 Culicidae, 10 Tabanidae, 

 5 other Diptera, 82 Ants and 67 other Hymenoptera, 32 Coccinellidae preying upon 

 Coccidae, 32 other Coleoptera, 19 Lepidoptera, 50 Termites, 3 Ascalaphidae, about 

 130 Mallophaga, 1 tube of Anoplura, 27 Coccidae, 14 other Rhynchota, 2 Odonata, 

 13 Orthoptera, 5 examples of Insects attacked by Fungous parasites, 11 Spiders, 

 1 Scorpion, 1 Millipede, and 1 Woodlouse ; from British Guiana. 



The Director of Agriculture, Southern Provinces, Nigeria : — 3 species of Coccidae. 



The Division of Entomology, Pretoria : — 4 Hippoboscidae, 27 other Diptera, 13 

 Hymenoptera, 49 Lepidoptera, 141 Coleoptera, 68 Rhynchota, and 21 Orthoptera ; 

 from the Transvaal. 



Mr. C. M. Dobbs, District Commissioner : — 1 Mayfly {Oligoneura dobbsiy Eaton) ; 

 from British East Africa. 



Dr. R. E. Drake- Brockman : — 2 Culicidae and 3 Fleas {Ischnopsylla brockmaniy 

 Rothschild, sp. nov.) ; from British Somaliland. 



Mr. P. R. Dupont, Curator of the Botanic Station : — 36 Bostrychidae, 3 

 Curculionidae, 157 Scolytidae, and 100 larvae ; from the Seychelles. 



Ihe Government of the French Republic : — 455 Culicidae, and about 200 larvae ; 

 from Annam, New Hebrides, New Caledonia and Tahiti. 



Mr. Walter W. Froggatt, Government Entomologist : — 18 Sheep maggot flies, and 

 7 Chalcidoid parasites ; from New South Wales. 



Dr. Lewis H. Gough, Government Entomologist : — 4 Sarcophaga and 4 Stonva- 

 iorrhina, parasitic on locusts, and 12 Ticks ; from Egypt. 



Mr. Percy H. Grimshaw : — 32 Diptera ; from Scotland. 



Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, Dominion Entomologist : — 1 Moth, a pest of cabbages ; from 

 Newfoundland. 



Mr. Gerald F. Hill, Government Entomologist : — 10 Diptera, 2 Ants, and their 

 Ichneumon parasites, about 320 other Ants, 10 other Hymenoptera, 1 Staphylinid 

 Beetle, 433 named Termites, 5 lots of Coccidae, and 5 Orthoptera ; from the Northern 

 Territory of Australia. 

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