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Megaclnh disjimcfa, Fabr. 



F. I., Hym. I., 480. 



Occurs throughout India and Burma, We have it from Pusa,. 

 Chapra, Jagi Eoad (x4.ssam), Belgaum and Lower Burma. 



This is also a leaf-cutting bee, and removes leaves from tur and rose^ 

 plants, in the same way as M. anthracina. 



Vespidje. 



Vespa basalis, Smith. 



F. I., Hym. I., 403-404. 



Widely distributed in India, Burma and Ceylon. 

 We have had this species sent in to us from Dehra Dun, where this 

 hornet was noticed removing the bark of young Eucalyptus stuartiana 

 trees growing in the Cantonment of Dehra Dun. The bark was removed 

 clean to the wood, the thickness of the bark being \ to | inch and the 

 width of the eaten part about the same. 



Do they damage the trees very high above the ground ? 

 I cannot say. The specimens were sent in to us and we have only 

 received this one report about this insect. 



At Dehra Dun I have noticed ants removing the bark from these 

 trees. 



Possibly the trees were dead. It seems rather unlikely that these 

 hornets should strip living bark from Ei(calyptus trees. I included this 

 insect in the list because it was sent in to us as doing damage and possibly 

 someone else might be able to corroborate damage to living trees by 

 hornets. 



Chalcidtd^. 



( Uniden tified Eurytom me.) 



This is the insect which damages apricots at Haripur Hazara in the 

 North-West Frontier Province, by ovipositing in the young fruit. The 

 grub bores into the kernel mside the stone, the result being that the 

 fruit shrivels and falls olT the tree before it is fully developed. The larva 

 lives inside the fallen stone until the next spring, when it pupates and 

 emerges as an adult. It is probable that in some cases it may lie over 

 for more than one year. 



Collection and destruction of the fallen fuiits and stones is the obvicus- 

 remedy for control. 



