Notes on Coccid-infesting Chalcidoidea.—III

Notes on the bat flea Hormopsylla fosteri (Siphonaptera: Ischnopsyllidae) infesting Molossops abrasus (Chiroptera).

On a Cystic Parasite Infesting Sheep

an excellent description of these by Dr. T. R. Lewis. Sheep and goats are however, in this country, very frequently infested by a parasitic animal of the same description; but, not knowing this, people who carefully eschew pork, and even avoid beef, eat their mutton without suspicion. This parasite is to be found in a large proportion of the sheep of the Punjab, and doubtless, also, in those of...

Taxonomic notes on Stylophoronychus (Acari: Tetrany- chidae) with new data for S. baghensis infesting moso bamboo in Fujian, China

The taxonomy of the genus Stylophoronychus (Acari: Tetranychidae) is reviewed. The synonymy of Stylophoronychus Prasad, 1975 and Sinotetranychus Ma & Yuan, 1980 is accepted and the former has priority. As a result, the following new combinations are noted: Stylophoronychus guangzhouensis (Ma & Yuan) and Stylophoronychus insularis (Flechtmann). S. baghensis (Prasad) is newly recorded from the mo...

Notes on Lactuca saligna in Iran

In the identification process of weed materials available in "IRAN" herbarium, a specimen belonging to the genus Lactuca (Asteraceae) had the following characteristics: Plant annual, many stemmed from base; stem erect-slightly procumbent, slender, glabrous, whitish and leafy. Basal leaves dried; stem leaves ca. 7 × 0.5 cm, glabrous, linear-lanceolate, entire at margin, sessile, auriculate, auri...

Notes on "Notes on conditional previsions"

These notes comment on Williams’ fundamental essay Notes on Conditional Previsions, written as a research report in 1975 and published in the present issue. Basic aspects of that work are discussed, including historical background and relevance to the foundations of probability; examples are supplied to help understanding.