An Addendum to Mr. F. D. Golding's “ Notes on the Bionomics of Cotton Stainers (Dysdercus) in Nigeria”

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In the February number (1928) of this Journal, a most interesting and valuable paper was published by Mr. F. D. Golding, Government Entomologist of Nigeria, on the bionomics of cotton-stainers (Dysdercus). In a footnote on page 319 of this paper it was suggested on my authority that three of the seven species mentioned by him as occurring in Nigeria were probably wrongly identified, since no representatives of these three species were present in the Nigerian material in the British Museum. Since then I have been able to examine Mr. Golding's collection and can state definitely that the specimens of Dysdercus nigrofasciatus, Stål, and D. migratorius, Dist., taken in Nigeria, were correctly identified. D. intermedius, Dist., however, does not, so far as is known, Occur in Nigeria. To the species mentioned by Golding as occurring in that country must be added D. antennatus, Dist., which however is probably generically distinct from typical Dysdercus species.