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vein and but a little longer than the postmarginal one. Propodeum 

 reticulate, sloping enough, neck wanting, costula strong, middle carina 

 distinct on the first half lenght of propodeum. Spiracles oval, removed 

 enough from the margin of the postscutellum. Abdomen plain, after 

 the death shorter and a little wider than the thorax. 



Dark green; head blue-violaceous, pronotum and scutellum bluish, 

 mesonotum copper-green as well as propodeum. Abdomen shining 

 copper-green with golden tint on the borders cf the segments. Scape of 

 antennae brown-yellow; coxae aeneus, trochanters straw-yellow, femora 

 aeneus, posterior sometimes brown with metallic tint; tibiae and four 

 posterior tarsi white yellow, ultimate joints dusky. Wings some- 

 what dusky. 



Mali'. Similar to the female. Antennae longer, flagellum hairy; 

 scape dusky; apical part of the tarsi dusky; abdomen aeneus with 

 somewhat lighter spot in the middle. 



Habitat. Bred at Poltava Experiment Station from the stems of 

 the growing wheat, where its larva feeds externally upon the larvae of 

 Meromyza saltatrix M e i g. The larva of this Stenomaliis has horn- 

 like appendix on the front as shown on the figures (1 and 2) and is 

 situated in the stem, head downwards. I know no other chalcid 

 larva having such a peculiar armor on the head. 



Gen. Lariophagus Crawford. 



abnormis Bo he m an (determ. by Dr. Gustav Mayr in Vienna). 



Note. Some specimens have a sliglit margin on the occiput, 

 others do not have it. Transitional form to Mormoniella Ash. 



distinguendus Förster, 1841, p. 17, n. 84. 



Note. In k. k. Naturhisi. Hofmuseum, Vienna, there ary 

 many specimens of this species labeled „from Sitophilus granaria. 

 1879". John Curtis m&nViou?, Meraporus graminicola Walker 

 or nearly allied insect being parasitic upon Calandra oryzae. I do 

 not doubt, it was really P. distinguendus Forst. This winter 

 the stored barley at Poltava Experiment Station was found to be 

 infested by Calandra granaria. Among living weevils and injured 

 grains there were found many dead larvae evidentely sucked 

 by any parasite and quite a lot of the different pieces of an 

 adult Pteromalin or even uninjured dry specimens. There were 

 too hibernating pupae of this insect, from which adults began 

 to emerge to the end of march. They proved to be identical 

 with Ptcromalus distinguendus Förster. 



hilaris Förster, 1841, p. 22, n. 152. 



klugii Ratz., I, p. 198. 



muscarum (Hart ig) Ratz., I, p. 199. 



Русгк. Энгом. Обозр. Xni. 1913. № 1. 



