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  CHOhTOSPlLA 
  ELEGANS 
  Wfstwood 
  

  

  Plate 
  47, 
  Figures 
  1, 
  la 
  

   Choetoapila 
  elegaus 
  Westwood, 
  Thesaurus 
  entomologicus 
  Oxoniensis, 
  p. 
  157, 
  

  

  pi. 
  25, 
  fig. 
  10, 
  1874.-- 
  Waterston, 
  Rep. 
  Grain 
  Pe.«t 
  Committee, 
  No. 
  9, 
  p. 
  

  

  25, 
  fig. 
  13, 
  1921. 
  

   Spalangioinoi 
  pha 
  fasciativentris 
  fJlRAULT, 
  Mem. 
  Queensland 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  

  

  334, 
  1913. 
  

   Spalaiigin 
  metallica 
  Fullaway, 
  Proc. 
  Hawaiian 
  Ent. 
  Soc, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  286, 
  

  

  1013. 
  (New 
  synonjTny.) 
  

  

  Spalangiomorpha 
  fasciativentris 
  Girault 
  is 
  certainly 
  the 
  same 
  

   as 
  Choetospila 
  elegans, 
  as 
  was 
  pointed 
  out 
  by 
  Waterston 
  in 
  the 
  

   report 
  cited 
  above. 
  Both 
  the 
  description 
  and 
  the 
  habitat 
  lead 
  to 
  

   this 
  conchision. 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  of 
  Spalangia 
  metallica 
  Fullaway 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  

   the 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  and 
  it 
  differs 
  in 
  no 
  way 
  from 
  typical 
  

   (\ 
  ilcgaus. 
  

  

  Choetospila 
  elegans 
  is 
  parasitic 
  upon 
  stored 
  grain 
  weevils 
  and 
  

   has 
  been 
  distributed 
  to 
  many 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  in 
  shipments 
  of 
  

   stored 
  products. 
  The 
  National 
  Museum 
  collection 
  contains 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  from 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  Mexico, 
  Puerto 
  

   Rico. 
  Panama 
  Canal 
  Zone, 
  Surinam, 
  Peru, 
  Hawaii. 
  Guam, 
  South 
  

   Australia, 
  Java, 
  India, 
  Nigeria, 
  and 
  South 
  Africa. 
  Published 
  

   records 
  include 
  many 
  additional 
  areas 
  where 
  the 
  species 
  occurs. 
  

  

  Very 
  little 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  known 
  about 
  the 
  actual 
  biolog>^ 
  of 
  C. 
  

   elegans 
  beyond 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  usually 
  associated 
  with 
  pests 
  of 
  

   stored 
  ^ain. 
  Its 
  most 
  common 
  host 
  apparently 
  is 
  the 
  rice 
  weevil. 
  

   Sitophihi.'^ 
  orifza 
  (Linnaeus). 
  5?. 
  grdnaria 
  (Linnaeus). 
  5>. 
  linearis 
  

   Herbst, 
  Sitodrepa 
  panicea 
  (Linnaeus), 
  Caulophilus 
  latinasus 
  Say, 
  

   Callofioh'nichus 
  quadrinmcidatns 
  (Fabricius), 
  and 
  C. 
  chinensis 
  

   (Linnaeus) 
  have 
  been 
  recorded 
  as 
  attacked 
  by 
  it. 
  Very 
  likely 
  

   other 
  grain-infesting 
  beetles 
  may 
  serve 
  as 
  hosts, 
  but 
  no 
  authentic 
  

   records 
  of 
  such 
  hosts 
  have 
  been 
  published. 
  A 
  paper 
  by 
  Corbett 
  

   and 
  Miller 
  (Federated 
  Malay 
  States 
  Dept. 
  Agr. 
  Sci.. 
  ser. 
  1P>, 
  p. 
  4. 
  

   H).3.''>) 
  recording 
  this 
  species 
  as 
  a 
  parasite 
  of 
  Sitotroga 
  cerealella 
  

   Olivier 
  is 
  not 
  available 
  for 
  judgment 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  authenticity 
  of 
  the 
  

   record. 
  Squire 
  (T)iel 
  Rep. 
  Dept. 
  Agri. 
  British 
  Guiana 
  for 
  1924, 
  

   pp. 
  121 
  124, 
  1925) 
  records 
  C\ 
  rhftnns 
  as 
  parasitizing 
  an 
  uniden- 
  

   tiled 
  scolytid 
  infesting 
  British 
  Honduras 
  mahogany 
  tn^es 
  (Sirri- 
  

   frnia 
  /??/?«?7i,s-) 
  in 
  Guiana, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum 
  

   collection 
  are 
  14 
  specimens 
  of 
  C. 
  rlninyix 
  labeled 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  

   reared 
  by 
  J. 
  Zetek 
  in 
  1924 
  in 
  the 
  l^anama 
  Ganal 
  Zone 
  from 
  a 
  

   scolytid-infested 
  piece 
  of 
  "Amargo" 
  wood 
  iVntnirra 
  sp.). 
  

  

  The 
  species 
  is 
  sufficiently 
  characterized 
  by 
  the 
  descriptions 
  

   and 
  figures 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  above-cited 
  papers 
  by 
  Westwood 
  and 
  

   Waterston. 
  

  

  