862 PEOCEEDINGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Ichneumons, Cuckoo Wasps (Chrysis fuscifennis) and Pompilids, 

 including Salnis flaws, were taken by the Racket-tailed Drongo and 

 other Fossores hy Alci-pfe fha'oiefhala. Polistes hebrceiis was also taken 

 by Disse7mnus paradiseus and Emnenes conica by a Grey Hornbill. 



Afidce. Bees were taken by Merojis riridis, Dicnmis longkaxidahis, 

 Pernis cristatvs and Macrofteryx coronata. Apis florea, A. dorsala, 

 and AnihofJiora confvsa were all taken by Merops viridis, and Apis 

 florea by Macropteryx coronata. 



Formicidw. Ants were found in the stomachs of 42 species of birds, 

 chiefly C^rows, Babblers, Warblers, Shrikes, Drongos, Wagtails, Chats, 

 Thrushes, Swallows, Flycatchers, Larks and Pipits. They were taken 

 to a greater extent by all the Wood-peckers, the Wryneck, the Eed 

 Spur-fowl, the Common Myna and the Pied Bush Chat. 



Ponerince. These ants were observed in Hirvndo nepalensis, and 

 Lobopelta ocellifera was observed in Lan.us erylhronotvs and Pavo cris- 

 tatus. 



Myrmecince. Creniastogaster suhnvda was taken by Argya caudata, 

 Brachypternns aiirantius, lynx torqvilla and other myrmecine species by 

 Cyornis svperciliaris, Dicrurvs ater, Hirundo nepalensis, Alavda gidgida 

 and Platalea leucorcdia. 



Camponoiince. Camponottis comprcssiis was taken by Corvits splen- 

 dens, Argya malcohni, Crateropus canorus, Sylvia jerdoni, Temenuchus 

 pagodanim, Acridotheres tristis, Siphia parva, Cyornis tickelli, Pratincola 

 caprata, Petrophila cyaneus, Pitta hrachyura, BracJiyptermis aiirantius, 

 Galloperdix spadicea, Ammirornis phcenicurus. Ibis melanocepJiala and 

 Psetidotantalns lencomelanus ; C. irriians was taken by Cyornis super- 

 ciliaris, Gecinus striolalvs and Brcwhypterniis auraniins ; other species of 

 Camponotus were taken by Dissemurvs pardiseus and Sylvia afpnis. 



OEcophylla smaragdina was taken by Stvrnia malabarica, Cyornis 

 tickelli and Brachyptcrnus aurantiiis, and PolyracJiis by Dinnetia hype- 

 ryifira. 



COLEOPTEEA. 



Coleoptera, either in .the adult, larval, or pupal stages, were found 

 in the stomachs of 108 species of birds. 



Cicindelidce. Tiger-beetles were taken by but four birds, namely, 

 jEgialitis dubia, Inocotis papillosus, Ardeola grayi and Podicipes 

 albipennis. 



Carabida'. Carabida3 were found in the following birds : — Dicrurvs 

 ater Lanivs erythronotus, Cyornis tickelli, Hinmdo nepalensis, Mofacilla 

 pcrsonaia, Antlms rujulus, Pitta braclnjura, Coracias indica, Macropteryx 

 coronata, Amaurornis akool, Totanvs liypolevcns, Inocotis papillosvs, 

 Pseudotantahis leucocephalus and Podicipes albipennis. Of identified 



