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  thickness 
  from 
  base 
  of 
  fiinicle 
  to 
  club, 
  the 
  latter 
  pointed-ovate; 
  

   rirst 
  funicular 
  sej2rment 
  one 
  and 
  one-half 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  

   second 
  and 
  third 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  fourth 
  to 
  sixth 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  slightly 
  broader 
  than 
  long: 
  club 
  apparently 
  solid, 
  a 
  little 
  

   longer 
  than 
  two 
  preceding 
  segments; 
  mesonotum 
  smooth, 
  par- 
  

   apsidal 
  grooves 
  deeply 
  impressed, 
  axillae 
  smooth; 
  scutellum 
  nearly 
  

   Hat. 
  smooth, 
  except 
  for 
  some 
  very 
  minute 
  and 
  obscure 
  reticulations 
  

   apically. 
  Propodeum 
  granularly 
  rugulose. 
  without 
  carinae, 
  folds, 
  

   or 
  spiracular 
  sulci, 
  and 
  nearly 
  horizontal. 
  Abdomen 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   thorax 
  or 
  a 
  little 
  longer, 
  slightly 
  compressed, 
  shortly 
  petiolate; 
  

   ovipositor 
  not 
  quite 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  abdomen. 
  Marginal 
  vein 
  of 
  

   forewing 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  submarginal, 
  with 
  a 
  tuft 
  of 
  black 
  hairs 
  

   at 
  juncture 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  veins; 
  postmarginal 
  and 
  stigmal 
  veins 
  short 
  

   and 
  subequal. 
  

  

  Subsequently 
  during 
  a 
  visit 
  to 
  the 
  Hope 
  Museum 
  at 
  Oxford, 
  

   Kngland. 
  I 
  saw 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  Cerocephalo 
  cnmigera 
  Westwood 
  and 
  

   compared 
  it 
  with 
  the 
  above 
  notes. 
  This 
  type 
  is 
  a 
  male. 
  Except 
  

   for 
  sexual 
  characters 
  it 
  agreed 
  with 
  the 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  Ratzeburg 
  

   type. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  name 
  C. 
  comigera 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  general 
  

   collection 
  I 
  found 
  one 
  headless 
  female, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  one 
  male 
  also 
  agreeing 
  with 
  my 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  types. 
  

  

  The 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum 
  collection 
  contains 
  one 
  female 
  and 
  

   a 
  male 
  reared 
  by 
  H. 
  L. 
  Parker 
  in 
  April 
  1936. 
  at 
  Hyeres. 
  France, 
  

   from 
  Scolytif.^ 
  nudtistriatvf' 
  (Marshall) 
  and 
  identified 
  by 
  me 
  as 
  

   C. 
  comigera. 
  The 
  female 
  agrees 
  with 
  my 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  Ratzeburg 
  

   type 
  of 
  trichotvf! 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  with 
  the 
  Ratzeburg 
  description, 
  and 
  

   the 
  male 
  apparently 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  comigera 
  only 
  by 
  

   having 
  the 
  thorax 
  entirely 
  dark 
  ferruginous 
  instead 
  of 
  more 
  or 
  

   less 
  fuscous 
  or 
  blackish 
  on 
  the 
  scutellum 
  and 
  propodeum. 
  This 
  

   difference 
  is 
  believed 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  specific 
  significance 
  since 
  in 
  

   other 
  related 
  species 
  there 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  similar 
  variation 
  in 
  

   color. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  but 
  little 
  doubt 
  that 
  Chftetospila 
  elegants 
  Westwood 
  and 
  

   Thcocolax 
  formic 
  if 
  or 
  mis 
  Westwood 
  have 
  both 
  been 
  confused 
  with 
  

   (.'erocephala 
  comigera 
  in 
  the 
  literature. 
  As 
  pointed 
  out 
  by 
  

   Water.ston 
  [Rep. 
  Grain 
  Pests 
  Committee, 
  No. 
  9. 
  p. 
  12. 
  1921], 
  the 
  

   records 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  as 
  a 
  parasite 
  of 
  stored 
  grain 
  pests 
  almost 
  

   certainly 
  refer 
  to 
  f'horfosp'la 
  cJegans. 
  The 
  record 
  in 
  Dours 
  (Cat. 
  

   Syn. 
  Hym. 
  France, 
  p. 
  92, 
  1871) 
  of 
  C 
  comigera 
  from 
  Anofiiurti 
  

   pertinux 
  Fabricius 
  very 
  probably 
  refers 
  to 
  Thencolax 
  formici- 
  

   formis. 
  The 
  li.sting 
  of 
  comigera 
  by 
  Giraud 
  and 
  Laboulb^ne 
  

   (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Fiancf. 
  sf-r. 
  .'>. 
  vol. 
  7, 
  p. 
  422. 
  1877) 
  as 
  a 
  parasite 
  

  

  