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long as the three preceding funicle joints; pronotum short, the dorsal 

 portion smooth posteriorly, punctate along the anterior margin, the 

 declivitous portion reticulated and separated from the dorsal portion 

 by a weak carina; mesoscutum and scutellum sculptured like the 

 vertex; propodeum between the lateral folds sculptured like the 

 scutellum, v/ith a very delicate median carina which is absent in some 

 specimens, the lateral folds very distinct and complete; neck of 

 propodeum large and sculptured a little more coarsely than the area 

 in front of it; abdomen conic-ovate, as long as the thorax, smooth 

 and polished, the first segment comprising approximately one-third 

 of its length; postmarginal vein nearly as long as the marginal and 

 distinctly longer than the stigmal. 



Type-locality. — Karvetnagar, South India. 



Type.— Cat. No. 22288, U.S.N.M. 



Described from ten females labeled "Parasite on Parnara matMas 

 on Paddy. 7-XII-1914." 



MERAPORUS VANDINEI Tucker. 



Eight specimens, labeled "Par. on Sitodrepa on Coriander, April 4, 

 1918, Madras I. R. 41," have been compared with the types of 

 vandinei and found to be indistiaguishable. Also six specimens of 

 the same species, labeled "From maize seeds Coimbatore, Rama- 

 krishna Coll." The latter specimens were evidently reared from the 

 same lot of material as the type specimen of Eurytoma denticoxa, 

 described elsewhere in this paper. 



The original types of vandinei were reared from corn and rice 

 infested by Calandra oryza at diffei'ent points in Texas and Louisiana. 



BRUCHOBIUS COLEMANI Crawford. 



Three specimens, labeled "Coimbatore, South India, from Red 

 Gram pods. Y. R. coll." Bruchobius colemani was originally de- 

 scribed as a parasite of BrucJius chinensis from Mysore, India. The 

 name "red gram" is said by Mr. W. E. Safford, of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, to be applied in South India to Vigna 

 sinensis, the seeds and pods of which are edible. 



Superfamily SERPHIDOIDEA. 

 Family PLATYGASTERIDAE. 



POLYGNOTUS, species. 



Five specimens, labeled "Pudukota. Parasite on Anaikombon, 

 28-XI-1914." 



TELENOMUS COLEMANI Crawford. 



Nine specimens of this species are labeled "Parasite on Pentato- 

 mid eggs. Coimbatore, South India." 



