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aufzuhalten, ähnlich wie unsere Myrmed&nia - Arten in der Nähe 

 der Ameisennester. Die Weibchen begeben sich zum Zweck der 

 Eiablage in das Innere auch gut verschlossener Nester, z. B. Carton- 

 nester auf Bäumen. Die Larven scheinen sich sehr schnell zu ent- 

 wickeln. Da es im Innern der Nester keine toten Termiten gibt, 

 so ist anzunehmen, daß sie sich von der lebenden Termitenbrut nähren. 

 Es lag folgendes Material vor : 



Nr. 536 x ) 1 9 „Western Ghat Mountains, about 3000 feet high, ne- 

 arly 60 miles east of Mangalore (in the area of Navoor 

 village, but about 9 miles distant from the village, in 

 jungle), 16. 5. 1914, in carton-nest of Eutermcs sp.; nest 

 about 15 feet above ground on tree." 



Nr. 536 bis 5 ^^ 22 99 „The many imagines and larvae in 

 the second tube of this number were taken at home (at 

 St. Ignatius' Villa). The nest was broken to pieces, these 

 were put in a sieve with everything they contained, then 

 the sieve was shaken over a white sheet and what passed 

 through was carefully examined. After this the termites 

 were thrown away on a heap close by. It was on this 

 heap that I saw about an hour or so later, and especially 

 on the following day, numbers of Phorids, and on closer 

 examin ation I also found the larvae apparently feeding 

 on the dead Eutcrmes (but there were also thousands 

 of the latter still alive). Whether some of the Phorids 

 had also come from the nest I had examined, it is of 

 course impossible to say." 



Anm. Außer Dolirniphora vorax c? 9 fand sich in 

 dem Tubus noch 1 tf von Döhmiphora Ässmuthi n. sp., 

 1 9 von Puliäphora anceps n. sp., 299 Äphiochaeta 

 spp., 2 Staphyliniden und 1 Collembole. 



Nr. 537 2 9 9 ) XT 



Nr 538 1 r? ' »- Nests trom same locality, same date ; as the preceding." 



Nr. 571 2 (SS „Khandala, 12. 10. 1914, with Eutermes biformis. 

 A number of termites were working outside the nest 

 (Underground nest), the Phorid was found running about 

 among them, now disappearing in nest hole, now Coming 

 out again." 



*) P. Assmuths Sendungsliste ist mit Ptücksicht auf die militärische 

 Zensur englisch abgefaßt. 



Wien. Entom. Zeitung, XXXIV. Jhg., Heft VIII— X, Festschr. f ReitterC22. Okt. 1915). 



