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  TO 
  CEROCEPHALA 
  GAHAN 
  363 
  

  

  on 
  laboratory 
  window 
  by 
  D. 
  T. 
  FuUaway 
  and 
  I. 
  Dobrosky; 
  four 
  

   females 
  from 
  Santiagro 
  de 
  las 
  Vetras. 
  Cuba, 
  reared 
  from 
  larvae 
  of 
  

   D. 
  minutus 
  by 
  A. 
  Otero, 
  January 
  26, 
  1933, 
  under 
  Ace. 
  No. 
  9802a; 
  

   and 
  a 
  large 
  series 
  of 
  specimens 
  reared 
  by 
  E. 
  A. 
  Chapin 
  from 
  stems 
  

   of 
  Arimdinaria 
  longifolia 
  (bamboo) 
  infested 
  with 
  Dinoderics 
  

   miiiutns, 
  Lyctus 
  sp.. 
  and 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  Coleoptera. 
  

   the 
  bamboo 
  stems 
  having 
  been 
  discovered 
  in 
  storage 
  in 
  Hoboken. 
  

   X. 
  J., 
  but 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  originally 
  come 
  from 
  Mexico. 
  Of 
  the 
  sev- 
  

   eral 
  species 
  of 
  Coleoptera 
  reared 
  from 
  these 
  stems, 
  individuals 
  of 
  

   Dinoderus 
  minutus 
  were 
  by 
  far 
  the 
  most 
  abundant 
  and 
  in 
  all 
  prob- 
  

   ability 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  the 
  actual 
  host 
  of 
  the 
  parasite. 
  

  

  In 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  habit 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  of 
  attacking 
  larvae 
  infesting 
  

   bamboo, 
  it 
  seems 
  likely 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  eventually 
  be 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  much 
  

   more 
  widely 
  distributed 
  than 
  the 
  above 
  few 
  records 
  show. 
  

  

  4. 
  Genus 
  THEOCOLAXIA 
  Girault 
  

  

  Theocolaxia 
  Girault, 
  Lese 
  Majeste, 
  new 
  Insecta, 
  and 
  robbery, 
  p. 
  1, 
  1924. 
  

  

  '■ 
  afomus 
  DoDD 
  (not 
  Dalman), 
  Trans. 
  Royal 
  Sec. 
  South 
  Australia, 
  vol. 
  48, 
  p. 
  

  

  170, 
  1924. 
  

   Proamotura 
  (Girault) 
  DoDD 
  (in 
  part), 
  Mem. 
  Queensland 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  9, 
  p. 
  

  

  66, 
  1927. 
  

  

  Theocolaxia 
  was 
  described 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  page, 
  privately 
  published, 
  

   pamphlet 
  printed 
  at 
  Gympie, 
  Australia. 
  The 
  genus 
  is 
  monobasic, 
  

   with 
  T. 
  lessiiif/i 
  Girault 
  as 
  its 
  type. 
  The 
  short 
  generic 
  description 
  

   is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  "Theocolaxia 
  nov. 
  (Spalangiinae). 
  Antennae 
  9-jointed, 
  club 
  

   solid, 
  larger. 
  Wings 
  as 
  N 
  eosciatheras 
  as 
  to 
  shape, 
  venation, 
  fringes. 
  

   Pronotum 
  square, 
  exceeding 
  mesuscutum. 
  Parapsides 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  scutum, 
  convex. 
  Axillar 
  sutures 
  meeting 
  cephalad. 
  Scutel- 
  

   lum 
  plane. 
  Propodeum 
  rugulose, 
  irregular 
  median 
  and 
  lateral 
  

   carinae. 
  Petiole 
  short, 
  abdomen 
  ovate, 
  equal 
  rest, 
  ovipositor 
  44 
  

   it. 
  Jaws 
  4-dentate." 
  

  

  Earlier 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  year 
  A. 
  P. 
  Dodd 
  described 
  two 
  Au.stralian 
  

   species 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  Cratomy^s 
  Dalman, 
  but 
  in 
  1927 
  he 
  discovered 
  

   they 
  did 
  not 
  belong 
  in 
  Dalman's 
  genus 
  and 
  transferred 
  both 
  spe- 
  

   cies 
  to 
  Proamotura 
  Girault. 
  In 
  the 
  latter 
  paper 
  he 
  described 
  one 
  

   new 
  species 
  and 
  two 
  new 
  varieties, 
  redescribed 
  P. 
  aquila 
  the 
  

   genotype 
  of 
  Proamotura, 
  and 
  gave 
  a 
  key 
  for 
  separating 
  the 
  spe- 
  

   cies. 
  According 
  to 
  the 
  descriptions, 
  all 
  three 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  

   erected 
  by 
  Dodd 
  differ 
  from 
  aquila, 
  Girault 
  by 
  lacking 
  the 
  tuft 
  of 
  

   erect 
  bri.stles 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  submarginal 
  vein. 
  Absence 
  of 
  this 
  

   tuft 
  is 
  the 
  mo.st 
  striking 
  character 
  differentiating 
  the 
  genus 
  

   Theocolaxia 
  from 
  Cprocephala 
  of 
  which 
  Proamotura 
  is 
  here 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  synonym. 
  Accordingly 
  I 
  have 
  transferred 
  the 
  

   three 
  species 
  de.scribed 
  by 
  Dodd 
  to 
  Theocolaxia 
  and 
  placed 
  Pro- 
  

   amotura 
  aquiln 
  Girault 
  in 
  Ceroceph/ila. 
  

  

  