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The following are some of the subjects of inquiry : — 



(1) Small beetles infesting flour (Ptinus and Palorus). 



(2) Moths injuring mealies {Laphygma exempta). 



(3) Weevils injuring Cyclamen {Otiorrhynchus). 



(4) House-mites in furniture, and in rush-bottom chairs. 



(5) Paste mites, Psocidce, swarming in a house ; in books ; 



in straw wrappers to mineral water bottles. 



(6) Cork oak injured by larvse of a beetle {CoTwbus 



bifasciatus). 



(7) Longicorn beetles (Oreodera and Eudesmus) cutting 



off branches from Cacoa and Coffee trees in Trinidad. 



(8) Melons injured by weevils (Baridius). 



(9) Wine corks injured by insects. 



(10) Basket injured by small beetles {Lyctus). 



(11) Small beetles boring into Cocoa trees in Colombia 



(Scolytidce). 



(12) Weevils damaging Cocoa trees in Uganda {Rhyn- 



chophorus). 



(13) Scale insects on Cocoanut palm in Nigeria {Aspidiotiis 



hederce). 



(14) Large scale insects on M'sasa, Orange and other trees 



in Rhodesia (Walkneria). 



(15) Caterpillars of a moth defoliating Shorea in India 



(Ingura subapicalis). 



(16) Horaopterous insect injuring Sugarcane in Trinidad 



(Tomaspis rubra), 



(17) Fly bred from boil on man's leg in W. Africa {Cordy- 



lobia anthropophaga). 



(18) As to whether Forest Flies, Hippobosca, convey 



disease among horses. 



(19) Numerous questions respecting Tsetse flies and their 



distribution. 



(20) Flies injuring Carnations {Eylemyia nigrescens). 



(21) Flies the larvae of which were supposed to be sub- 



cutaneous Y>sira.sitefi (Cordylobia anthropophaga and 

 Bengalia depressa). 



(22) Fly injuring Seakale {Phorbia). 



(23) Ceara scrap rubber after being washed with boiling 



water and hung up to dry, afterwards found to be 

 infested with maggots (Musca domestica). 



(24) Large numbers of larvae in lawn (Bibio). 



VIT. — Visitors and Students. 

 The number of visits paid to the three sections of the 

 Department by Students and other persons requiring assistance 



