GENERAL NOTES 1.^3 



a is Avell known lliat liiiniidity, teini)erature, etc., in- 

 fluence the length of the various stages in the life history 

 of insects, and fro?n the above it would appear that at 

 least under some circumstances certain gases are capable 

 ©f the same thing. 



AV. F. Sciir.upi'^ Entomologist, 



Government Experiment Station, 

 I'otchefstroom. 



A New Parasite of the Wax Moth. 



The larger Wax Moth {GaUeria nielloiiella, Linn.), has 

 been fortunate in having comparatively few parasites. 

 Up to the present three parasites (hymenopterous) have 

 been recorded. Roudaui found the chalcid Euphelmus 

 cereanus parasitizing the larvae in Italy; Marshall 

 recorded Bracon drevicornis from France, and recently 

 A. Cont^' has found Apenteles lateralis to be rather an im- 

 portant parasite in the same country. Paddocl: has 

 reported a small red ant (Solenopsis, sp.)? as being a 

 predaceous enemy of both larvae and adult mollis in 

 Texas, U.S.A. 



In the latter part of 1915, the writer obtained some 

 larvae of the larger W^ax Moth from an infested hive at 

 the Experiment Station, Potchefstroom. These were 

 placed in breeding jars and later on the cocoons yielded 

 a number of ichneumons These were recently idc?i tilled 

 by Dr. Peringuey of the South African Museum as 

 Pimpla spiloaspis. Cam. The parasite is a useful one, 

 but it cannot ordinarily be depended on to hold the wax 

 moth in check. 



W. F. SCHLUPP. 



Government Experiment Station, 

 Potchefsti'oom. 



