ON t^OME KEAPvEl) PAllxVSITIC llYMENOPTEKOrS INSECTS 



FROM CEYLON. 



Bj' L. O. Howard, Ph. 1). 



Honorary Curator of Insects, 

 and 



Wm. H. Ashmead, 



Custodian of the Uiimtnoptera. 



Ml?. E. ERNE8T Green, of Punduloya, Ceylon, has lon^- l)een study- 

 ing the Coccidii' of that interesting region, and has in preparation a 

 large work in parts entitled The Coccid;e of Ceylon.' In the course of 

 his studies of the Coccidie, he has reared certain hymeuopterous para- 

 sites from them. These he has sent to the U. S. National ^Museum for 

 names, sending with them a few parasites of lei)idopterous larva* which 

 he has incidentally reared. 



The parasitic Hymenoptera of Ceylon are not well known. A few 

 species have been described by Walker and a number of others by 

 Motschulsky. It is not surprising, therefore, that the majority of 

 the species sent by Mr. Green proved to be new, and the material is 

 of additional interest for the reason that in every case the parasite is 

 associated with its host insect. The most striking feature of the send- 

 ing is the number of parasites reared from one of the lac insects — Tavli- 

 ardia albizziw. It will be interesting to state that Mr. Green has found 

 several other insects associated with this economically imi)ortant Coccid, 

 among them a Phl(eothrii>s which feeds on the excretion of tlie bark- 

 louse, and a Tineid larva which preys upon the Coccid itself. 



Of the insects here reported upon, Dr. Howard has studied the Chal- 

 cidida' and Mymaridie and Mr. Ashmead the Ichneumonida- and 

 Bracouidje. 



Family CHALCIDID.E. 



Subfainilv ^VPHELI^CIZS-^E. 

 Genus COCCOPHAGUS, Weslwood. 

 Coccophagns, Westwood,, Phil. Mag., Ill, 1833. 



COCCOPHAGUS ORIENTALIS, new species (Howard). 



Female. — Length, 1.2 mm.; expanse, 2.5 mm. Antenme with scape 

 somewhat liattened from side, appearing from this view large and 

 heavy ; bulla distinct, strongly notched from below, scape equal iu 



' Sliortly to bo published by Dulau A- Co.. of Loudon. 

 Prooeeiliu^s of th,^ Unitud Sc.i;ei Xatiuiial Miiseuiu. Vol. XVIII— Xi>. W.vi. 



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