492 Records of the Indian Museum. [Voy. XI, 
The habits of Myrmeleonid and Ascalaphid larvae from tree- 
trunks are described by Gravely and Maulik (Rec. Ind. Mus., VI, 
pp. 101-3, pl. v). Perhaps the ‘‘ant-lion’’ which Ryves found 
dead in a spider’s web in a mango tree (J.B.N.H.S., X, pp. 152-3) 
belonged to a species with similar habits. 
The life-history of Helicomttus dicax is described by Ghosh 
(J.B.N.H.S., XXII, pp. 643-8, rpl.). The larva of this Ascalaphid 
lives on the ground and covers itself with dust. 
‘‘ The Indian Nemopterid and its food ’’ is the title of a note 
by Lefroy on the larva of Croce filipennis (J.B.N.H.S., XIX, 
pp. 1005-7, 1 text-fig.). Further studies on Croce have since been 
published by Ghosh (J.B.N.H.S., XX, pp. 530-532, 1 pl.) and 
Imms (Tvans. Linn. Soc. London, Zool. X1, pp. 151-160, pl. xxxii). 
TRICHOPTERA. 
A viviparous caddis-fly is described by Wood-Mason under 
the provisional name Nofanatolica vivipara (Ann, te: Nat. Hist. 
[6], VI, pp. 139-141, text-figs. a-b). 
HYMENOPTERA. 
Miscellaneous. 
The habits of various Indian Hymenoptera are very briefly 
referred to by- Wroughton (/-B.N.A-.S:, IV, pp. 26-37)euue 
habits of a number of Indian Aculeata are described by Dutt 
(Mem. Dept. Agric. India, Entom. Ser. IV, pp. 183-267, pl. xi-xiv, 
22 text figs.).1 
Chalcidae. 
Cunningham devotes the third chapter of, and an appendix 
to, his ‘‘ Plagues and Pleasures of Life in Bengal’ to fig-insects. 
The particular insects whose habits are described are those which 
are associated with Ficus roxburghii in Calcutta, and his observa- 
tions are clearly the result of his work on the fertilization—if 
such it may be called—of this fig-by these insects (Ann. R. Bot. 
Gardens, Calcutta, 1, Appendix 2, 1889, 37 pp., 5 pl.). 
The habits of Synlomosphyrum indicum are described by 
Silvestri in Div. Ent., Hawats Board Agric. and For., No. 3, 
pp. 125-127. 
Ichneumonidae. 
Ramsay describes the oviposition of a species of Rhyssa— 
probably a species found in the Himalayas (Entomologist, XLVII, 
pp. 20-22, 3 text-figs.). 
Braconidae. 
A note on a species of Apanteles parasitic in the caterpillar 
of a Death’s Head Moth has been published by Green in Spolia 
Zeylanica, V, p. 19, I pl. 
! A note on the capture of a leaf-mining caterpillar by a wasp is contributed 
by Ridley to ¥. Strazts R.A.S., July 1905, pp. 227-8. 
