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(10) Bionomics of Stomoxys calcitrans, L., in connection 

 with possible agency of this insect in producing a small 

 epidemic of Anterior Poliomyelitis in Oxfordshire. 



(11) A Cecidomyid attacking seed-pods of cabbage at 

 Kelvedon, Essex. 



Lepidoptera (Moths, etc.). 



(12) Corcyra cephalonica, Stn., injurious to chocolate, in 

 the United States. 



(13) Ephestia kuhniella, Z., — Parasitic Hymenoptera 

 attached to this species : Bracon hrevicornis, Wesm., bred 

 freely ; Nemeritis canescens, Gravenh., taken at Bermondsey, 

 5.xii.l913 — an Ichneumon new to the British list. 



(14) Pyroderces simplex, Wlsm. (= gossypiella, Wlsm.) in 

 cotton-bolls injured by Gelechia gossypiella, Sndrs., etc., 

 Egypt. 



(15) Gelechia gossypiella, Saunders, damaging cotton-bolls, 

 in Egypt. 



(16) Prays citri, Mill., very destructive to lemon blossoms, 

 at Petah-Tekorah, near Jaffa. 



(17) Hyponomeuta padella, L., damaging Hawthorn, at 

 Nottingham. 



(18) Tortrix podana, Sep., injuring vines, at Upper 

 Edmonton. 



(19) Tortrix callopista, Drnt., sp. n. : larvse devouring 

 Coccids (Stictococcus sjostedti, Ckrll.) on Triumfetta cordi- 

 folia, near Lagos, W. Africa. 



(20) Eucosma solandriana, L., and Pinaris conterminella^ 

 Z., damaging Osiers, at Bridgewater. 



(21) Rhyacionia buoliana, S-D., in pine-shoots, Delamere, 

 Cheshire. 



(22) Ereunetis xenica, Meyr., injurious to tobacco, at 

 Amani, German West Africa. 



(23) The Potato Moth (Phthorimcea opercullella). — Infor- 

 mation supplied. 



(24) Information supplied concerning fine thread spinning 

 silk worms. 



CoLEOPTERA (Beetles). 



(25) A Longicorn bettle (Geloharpya ynurrayi) damaging 

 rubber plantations, in W. Africa. 



(26) Scolytidse destructive to forest lands in British East 

 Africa. 



(27) Damage to French beans in India by Blister beetles 

 [Mylahris macilenta). 



(28) Boring beetles in telegraph cables. (Inquiry from the 

 Western Electric Company.) 



