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•although the material was in. a sealed, paraffin- lined 
"barrel containing concentrated salt "brine. 
CLUSTER FLY ( Pollenia rudis - F. ) 
New York. R.. W. Leiby (February 25) :■ The usual number of 
complaints are "being received that this insect is hiber- 
nating in houses. : 
AN ORTALID FLY ( Chrysomyza demandata F. ) \ 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (February 20"): Maggots were numerous 
in the upper stratum of silage in a trench silo in Cedar 
County early in January. 
• A FRUIT FLY ( Drosophila sp.) 
Oregon. H. H. Stage (January 21): During the last 60 days 
an unusual number of reports have come in telling of 
nuisance from these insects. They have been reported 
from many homes, kitchens, and a few soda fountains, snd 
the writer has seen them hovering over his dining' table 
in a restaurant in Portland. '. 
DRONE FLY ( Eris talis tenax L. ) . 
Nebraska. M. E. Swenk (February 20): The fly was reported as 
infesting decayed areas in a soft-maple tree in Kearney 
County on February h. 
NOTES FROM EGYPT 
By A. H. Rosenf eld 
The entomological section of the Ministry has reported 
that last summer (1937') the well-known citrus scale, Parlatoria 
zizyphi Sign. , was found for the first time in Egypt on mandar- 
ins along the Aboukir Road, Alexandria. Inspection of citrus 
■trees around Port Said, Ismailia, Suez, and Damietta revealed 
no infestations with this coccid. In Alexandria infestation 
was apparently restricted to the area on the Ramleh line lying 
between the suburbs of Sidi Gaber and San Stefanp, including 
the main Aboukir Road, Flemming, and Rushdi Pasha. Another 
note on a coccid is that Chrysomphalus personatus Comst. , not 
hitherto reported outside of Alexandria, was reported from 
Damietta. 
