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THE British Museum (Natural History) has recently issued further instalments of the publication entitled “Insects of Samoa”, a work which has been noticed from time to time in those columns. Part 6, Fasc. 8 of the complete work, by Mr. J. R, Malloch, of the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey, deals with some further groups of Acalypterate flies, namely, the families Drosophilidse, EphydridEe, Sphaoroceridse and Milichiidffl, and is illustrated by 16 text-figures. In Part 6, Fasc. 9, Mr. Malloch discusses certain families of Cyclorrhaphous flies, namely, Phoridse, Agromyzidte, Mieropezidas, Tachinid, and Sarcophagidaj (supplement). Dr. H, H. Knight, of the Iowa State College, deals with the hemipterous families Miridse and Anthocoridas (Part 2, Fasc, 5), which comprise 21 genera and 33 species. Part 3, Fasc. 4 is by Mr, W. H. T. Tarns of the British Museum (Natural History), who contributes a lengthy section comprising all the Hoterocera, excepting the Gcometridge and Microlepidoptera, which have already been reported upon. Mr. Tams's report more than trebles the number of Samoan moths represented in the British Musoum. It also contains important observations on nomenclature and upon the grouping of the subfamily divisions of Heterocera.
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Insects of Samoa. Nature 136, 217 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136217b0
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