176 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



DiPTERA. ChloTOjpsica notata swarming in thousands in the 

 windows of a country house. (Editor, " Country Life.") 



(19) Several inquiries were received for information 

 regarding leather jackets (Tipula oleracea). 



(20") Information regarding the life history of, and best 

 methods for dealing with, the Flea {Pulex irritans) was several 

 times asked for. 



(21) Contarinia pyrivova, Riley, infesting pears in Kent. 



(22) The larvse of Musca domestica and Drosophila funehris 

 found at Kew Gardens in a tank containing a strong solution 

 of quassia and tobacco juice. 



Hymenoptera. 



(23) Carpenter Ants (Cavoponotus laevigatus, Smith). They 

 were forwarded from Derbyshire and had been imported in Ash 

 poles from America. " They came to light in hundreds on the 

 poles being cut." 



(24) Sir ex gigas damaging wood which had been imported 

 from East Prussia. 



COLEOPTERA. 



(25) Meligethes seneus attacking turnip flowers at Wood 

 Green. 



Dermestes vulpinus infesting Cattle intestines, imported 

 from India. 



(26) Nacerdes melanura L., eating wainscotting in the 

 corridors of a large London firm. 



(27) Anthrenus museorum infesting a house in Derbyshire. 



(28) Carpophilus hemipterus proving an annoyance to 

 a baker in a London district. 



(29) Lyctus hrunneus injuring Walnut panelling in two 

 different houses. 



(30) Lyctus sp. infesting American Ash. 



(31) Anohium paniceum rapidly becoming a plague in a 

 house in N. London. 



(32) Anohium domesticum infesting the floor of a room. 

 (The Editor of the " Cabinet Maker.") 



(33) Niptus hololeucus, several inquiries as to how to 

 eradicate the beetles. 



(34) Ernohius mollis infesting forestry specimens. 



(35) Ftinus fuf appearing in considerable numbers in an 

 old cottage in Staffordshire. 



(36) Lochmaea siUuralis, forwarded from Lancashire as 

 damaoing heather. (The Editor, "The Bazaar, Exchange and 

 Mart.") 



(37) Otiorrhynchus picipes damaging the bulbs of cyclamens. 



(38) Information was asked for regarding the breeding of 

 Ladybirds on a commercial scale for use against the apple 

 aphis. 



(39) Ptinus tectus breeding in dog biscuits at Liverpool. 



