1 1 8 Second Report on Economic Zoology. 
Land that has been infested with these bugs should have all litter 
burnt in the hibernating season, and all infested plants should be 
pulled up and burned. 
Paris green, which has been used, is quite useless for sucking- 
mouthed insects, and these bugs are too powerful to be affected by 
paraffin emulsion, but they can soon be cleared out by shaking into 
pails, if this is done when they first make their appearance. 
Insect Pests of Egypt. 
Little is known regarding the insect pests of Egypt. Mr. F. 
Fletcher, of the School of Agriculture, Gizeh, has collected many, and 
will issue a report on the same. 
Numerous specimens have arrived and been identified at this 
Museum, some too damaged to identify, but the following have been 
named : — 
Agrotis ypsilon, Rott. 
Chaerocampa celerio, L. 
Nomophila noctuella , Sell. 
Euzophera osseatella, Hub. 
Heteronychus sp. ? 
Agrypnus notodonta, Latr. 
Uopatrwn famelicum , Oliv. 
Aulacophora foveicollis , Kiister. 
Flusia circumflexa , L. 
Farias insulana var., Boisd. 
JAxus nuhilosus , Bohem. 
Gonia vulpinus, Walk. 
Ilippobosca equina , L. 
Fieris rapx , L. 
A Chalcid Fly (sp. V). 
Laphygma exigua , Hiibn. 
Chrysopa perla, L. 
Euxoa spinifera , Hiibn. 
Colias edusa, L. 
Sesia myopiformis, L. 
Acrotylus msubricus , Scop. 
Ephemera sp. ? 
Xystrocera globosa , Oliv. 
Aphides not yet determined. 
Bruchus pi si, F. 
Trilobium cor/fusurn. 
Calandra oryzx. 
Tenebrioides mauritianicus. 
Bitones lineatus. 
Dactylobius, sp. 
Otiorhynchus alutaceus. 
Ichneumon sp. 
Euzophora osseatella , Fr. 
Leucanium lorenzi, Dup. 
Laphygma exigua , Hiibn. 
Oxycarenus hyalinipennis , Costa. 
llypera variabilis , Herbst. 
Himatismus villosus, Haag. 
Pedinus sp. 
Coccinella undecimpun data, L. 
Crossotus phillipsi , Graham 
Flusia gamma , L. 
Frodenia littoralis. 
Chloridia nubigera. 
JI. canis, Leach. 
Aspongopus uidimtus, Fab. 
Nezara viridula , Linn. 
Ftosima undecimmaculata, Herbst. 
Fhyllotreta crucifersc, Goeze. 
Flutella maculipennis, Fab. 
There are thus seen to be several European pests found as 
such in Egypt, including the Cabbage White {Fieris rapse) ; the 
Clouded Yellow {Colias edusa ) ; the Cabbage Flea {Fhyllotreta 
