We have found that the name of the genus Kabataia Lom, Dyková et Tonguthai, 1999 which was erected for Microsporidium arthuri Lom, Dyková et Shaharom, 1990 in Lom et al. (Lom J., Dyková I., Tonguthai K. 1999: Dis. Aquat. Org. 38: 39-46) was preoccupied for Kabataia ostorhinchi, a parasitic copepode from the family Trebiidae, order Siphonostomatoida by Kazachenko et al. (Kazachenko V.N., Korotay...

Herbiflata gen. nov., the second genus in the tribe Nephesini from China, is erected with Hilavrita xizangensis Chou et Lu, 1981 as its type species-Herbiflata xizangensis (Chou et Lu, 1981) comb. nov. This new genus resembles Hilavrita Distant, 1906 but can be differentiated by the following characters: vertex obtusely pointed; tegmen not spotted, with orange margin; apical angle of tegmen bro...

The little known genus Mimonemophas was erected by Breuning (1961) with M. quadrifasciatus Breuning as the type species, which was described based on a single male specimen from Vietnam. The genus Mimonemophas is similar to Anoplophora Hope in appearance but different from it by elytra densely clothed with thick bristle-like hairs on non-pubescent region, while in Anoplophora, the elytra glabro...

I N the last ten years, an avalanche of new information has flattened much of the conceptual framework erected in the first three decades of cytokine research. This article briefly reviews the concepts that collapsed, then attempts to begin replacing them. We see cytokines as specialized symbols in a language of intercellular communication, whose meaning is controlled by context (Sporn and Robe...

Sir,-?I desire to draw the attention of your readers to the subject set for this prize for the current year, viz., " A Maternity Home and Infant Welfare Centre." In the cause of social progress, these institutions are bound to have an importance in the future which is as yet little realised. Although a comparatively small number of specially designed buildings have been erected (and these are, ...

The genus Diplosmittia was erected by Sæther (1981) based on Diplosmittia harrisoni from St. Lucia and St. Vincent in the British West Indies. Prior to the present study the genus comprised nine species, all except D. carinata Sæther were known only from Neotropical Region (Ashe & O'Connor, 2012). During sampling in the surroundings of a highly organic polluted river, in the National Botanical ...

A new genus Lyalia is described in Nanophyidae and three species are included in it: Lyalia curvatasp. n. (Vietnam), Lyalia robusta (Pic, 1921), comb. n. (from Nanophyes) (Java, Bali, Laos) and Lyalia albolineata (Pajni & Bhateja, 1982), comb. n. (from Ctenomerus) (India: Assam). Ctenomerus lagerstroemiae G. A. K. Marshall, 1923 is a syn. n. of Lyalia robusta. Thus, the genus Ctenomerus Schoenh...

The Chinese species Cryptococcus ulmi Tang & Hao is found to be distantly related to other sampled Cryptococcus species based on both molecular and morphological study. A new felt scale genus, Macroporicoccus Nan & Wu gen. n., is erected therefore for C. ulmi. The new genus differs from other eriococcid genera due to the presence of large simple pores, here referred to as macrodisc pores. The a...

The genus Amazoneura is erected to contain A. ephippigera (Selys, 1886), A. westfalli (Machado, 2001) and A. juruaensis sp. nov. The new genus is close to Forcepsioneura Lencioni, 1999 but differs from it mainly by the poorly-developed postero-lateral tubercles of the medium prothoracic lobe, by the dark colour of the metepimerum and of the rear of the head. A. juruaensis sp. nov. (holotype mal...

The plant of Oscimum sanctum commonly known as “Tulsi”, belong to Lamiaceae family. It is an erect, much branched, fragrant and erected plant attaining a height of about 20-50 cm. Different parts of the plant are used in Ayurveda and Siddha systems of medicine for prevention and cure of many illnesses like cough, influenza, common cold, headache, fever, colic pain, bronchitis, asthma, hepatic d...