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(29) Larva3 of OtiorrJiynchus attacking Euonymus plants. 



(30) Dermestes beetles injuring silk-cocoons in India. 



(31) Injuries to Cacao wood by Bostrichus theohroma3 in 

 S. America. (Inquiry from the Ministry of Public Works, 

 Bogota, Colombia.) 



(32) Various inquiries concerning the Flour beetle (Tri- 

 holium ferrugineum). 



(33) Several inquiries concerning Wood-boring beetles : 

 Xestohiiim tessellatum, in oak beams ; Bostrichids, damaging 

 timber in S. Nigeria; and Anobium domesticum, in furniture. 



(34) An inquiry was received through the Botanical De- 

 partment and information supplied concerning Xestobium 

 tessellatum infesting the timbers in the roof of Westminster 

 Hall. 



(35) Ptinus tectus in flour at Bermondsey. ■ 



Orthoptera and Anoplura. 



(36) A swarm of cockroaches {P/iyllodromia germanica) 

 in a house at Chislehurst. 



(37) Pediculus vestimenti infesting a house in Sussex. 



Rhynchota. 



(38) Inquiry from the Chief of Agriculture, Ministry of 

 Public Works, Bogota, Colombia, with regard to a species of 

 Tomaspis { T. hogotensis, Dist.) which was damaging roots of 

 grasses in Colombia. 



(39) Lachmis picece swarming in spruce fir in Cumberland. 



(40) Orange trees damaged by Dactylopius longispinus. 



(41) A spruce plantation in Surrey injured by Chermes 

 ahietis. 



(42) Inquiry from the Government Gardens, Delta Barrage, 

 Egypt, with regard to a disease in Ficus presumably caused by 

 a fungus strongly resembling scale insects. 



Miscellaneous. 



(43) Thysanoptera in apple-buds at Eastbourne. 



(44) Collembola and Psocids in drinking water. 



VII. — Students and Visitors. 



The number of visits paid to the Department during the 

 year by students and other persons seeking information or 

 assistance was 4,837. 



C. J. Gahan. 



