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(h'specta (IJiirl.) l»v l^'^ki^s and Fullawav, and from Narolcia 

 co)ifinitafaHs (Wail.) bv Fullaway. The larvae live sin<>l_v in 

 the host larvae. The latter spins np for pupation hnt fails to 

 pupate, as about that time it has been nearly eonsumed by the 

 parasite within, which soon breaks out of the remains of the 

 host, finishes eating it except the sldn, and makes its eylindric- 

 oval cocoon within the cocoon made by the host. The adult 

 emerges therefrom in about ten days. The habits of the related 

 e-enera: Cremasius. Prisfomerus. are similar to this. 



Pristomeriis hatraii-ensis Ashm. — Reared from Naeoleia ac- 

 re pta (Butl.), Phlyctaenia chytropa Meyr. and Ilcierocrossa sp. 

 in Olea seeds. ]\rr. Fullaway has reared it from Ouiphisa anm- 

 tamosalis Guen. and Gelechia gossypieUa. I have seen the males 

 of this species in swarms in the air like one often sees gnats. 



Lathrostizus insularis Asbni. — Breeds in the larvae of Plo- 

 dia i nterpundella Hwh., Ephestia eluklla Hid)., and probably 

 other flour moths. The adult parasite emerges from the pupa 

 of the host. 



Family Bkacoxidae. 



CheJoiias blacldjurni Cam. — This species has quite a num- 

 ber of hosts: Hymenia recurvalis Fab., Lineodes ochvca 

 Walsm., Uomoeosoma humendis (Butl.), Phfhorimaea opercu- 

 lella (ZelL), Batrachcdra cunicidator Busck., Phlyctaenia des- 

 ■pecta (bred by Perkins), Gelechia gassy piella (bred by Perkins 

 and Fullaway), Petrochroa dimorplia Busck (Perkins). The 

 larva of this parasite lives singly in the host larva. It emerges 

 from it after the latter has made its cocoon for pupation, and 

 makes its own white oblong cylindrical cocoon within that of 

 its host. I do not know whether oviposition takes place the 

 same with this species as with Chelonus texanus as reported by 

 W. D. Pierce and T. E. Holloway in Journal of Economic Ento- 

 mology, Vol. 5, pp. 426-428, 1912. According to their obser- 

 vations C. texanus oviposits in the egg of the host, but does not 

 prevent the hatching of the egg. The host larva grows with the 

 parasite in it, and later is killed, and the parasite larva emerges 

 and makes its cocoon as our species does. 



Phaneroioma hairailoisis Ashm. — Reared from Stoeberhi- 

 nus testaceous Butl. Its white oblong cylindrical cocoon was 

 within the cocoon of the host. It probably parasitizes other 

 related Micros. 



