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out the importance of the study of Indian parasitic wasps many of which 

 are very good friends of the Indian farmer. The information in my 

 list is very little compared to what we might be able to get when all the 

 accumulated material all over India is worked out, but perhaps this 

 may be of some use as a preliminary list. 



I have arranged the information in a tabular form showing the hosts 

 and the parasites so that it will facilitate easy reference. 



The parasites noted in the above table are those whose host relations 

 have been definitely known. I have, however, come across records of 

 other Indian parasites by authors like Crawford, Viereck and others and 

 although I have not been able to peruse the papers to see whether 

 anything is said of the host relations of these parasites, the names of these 

 parasites appear to give some hint in that direction. Such are the 

 following . — 



Viereck has described in the Proceedings of the United States National 

 Museum 1912, thelndianspecies, Apanteles creatonoti, A. staurojpi, 

 A. papilionis, A. plusice, A. fhycodis, and Meteorus arcticida. 

 These evidently- look like parasites on Lepidoptera which are more 

 or less familiar to us. Similarly Cameron's Apanteles tachardiw, 

 ■ Ectadiofhatnus tachardice and Chalcis tachardiw in the Indian 

 Forest Records certainly show some relation to the " Lac insect." 

 The following described by Crawford in the Proceedings of the 

 United States National Museum., 1912-13, also suggest that they 

 have parasitic relations with insect pests, viz., Tetrastiches ophinSw, 

 Bruchocida orientalis. 



Mr. Fletcher. 



Mr. Ramakrishna 



Ayyar. 



Mr. Fletcher. 



Mr. Ramakii^hna 



Ayyar. 



Mr. Fletcher. 



Mr. Beeson. 



Mr. Ramakrishna 

 Ayyar. 



Mr. Fletcher. 



Some records of parasites reared at Pusa are being published in the 

 Bulletin of the Second Hundred Notes, now in the press. Some of the 

 insects included in this paper are new. Who is describing them ? 



Some are being-described by Dr. Howard and others by Mr. Girault. 



^Vhere are the descriptions being published? 

 In some journals not accessible to us. 



That is rather unfortunate. 



The descriptions of the parasites that we send out for determination 

 are coming out in the Indian Forest Records. 



We sent specimens of grasshoppers to Mr. Bolivar but I have not 

 heard from him. 



I think that specialists .shoidd be asked to send descriptions for 

 publication in India. It is very difficult for workers in India to obtain 

 access to some of these scattered papers. 



