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be quite a small stream), and it is unlikely that 

 it is an exception to the rule that Tsetse Flies 

 are not met with at altitudes above 3,000 or 

 4,000 feet. 

 (3.) Fly sent from Mauritius as being found to contain 

 Trypanosomes. Species proved to be Stomoxys 

 nigra. 



(4.) Questions as to swarms of common House Fly and 

 where they come from. They normally breed in 

 horse dung. 



(5.) Inquiry from Egypt as to the name of small moth 

 destructive to cotton bolls. Proved to be an 

 undescribed species, since named Stagmatophora 

 gossypiella by Lord Walsingham. 



(6.) Inquiry from the Seychelles for name of a 



beetle injuring cocoa-nut palms. Melittomma 



insularis. 

 (7.) Inquiry for name of beetle injuring palm trees in 



Uganda. Rhynchophorus phmnicis. 

 (8.) Inquiry for name of caterpillars eating Lily of 



the Valley. One of the Ghost moths, Hepialus. 

 (9.) Inquiry for name of small beetle injuring oranges 



in New Zealand. Cylas turcipennis. 

 (10.) Inquiry from Merioneth respecting grubs very 



injurious to pasture. Phyllopertha horticola. 

 (11.) Inquiry from Ceylon as to beetle injurious to Para 



rubber plants. Xylopertha nicoharica. 



The following are some of the additions made to the series 

 exhibited in the North Hall: — 



(1.) Egyptian Cotton Worm. Prodenia littoralis. 



(2.) Small Cotton Worm. Caradrina exigua, 



(3.) Egyptian Cotton Stainer. Oxycarenus hyalini- 



'pennis. 

 (4.) Lac insects and their products. 

 (5.) White wax insects. 

 (6.) Ash saplings injured by rabbits. 

 (7.) Human thread worms. 

 (8.) Caterpillars of Buff-tip moth. 

 (9.) Scotch fir damaged by Tortrix. 

 (10.) Currant-root louse. Schizoneura fodiens. 



' E. Ray Lankester, 



British Museum (Natural History), Director. 



23 February 1907. 



