320 Ml. G. E. Bodkin's Notes on 



Subfamily RHOGADINAE. 



Genus Megarhogas, Szep. 



M.fuscipalpis, Cam. Rockstone, Essequebo Eiver. 



Subfamily AOATHINAE. 



Genus kSpiLOMiCRODUS, Cam. 



iS. fugriceps, Cam. Bartica, Essequebo River. 



Family CHAI.CIDIDAE. 



Subfamily TRICHOGRAMMATINAE. 



Geinis Trichogramma, Westw. 



T. mmutum, Riley. This well-known parasite is of 

 common occurrence in the Colony as an egg-parasite 

 of the (Jane Borers {Diatraea) and several other species of 

 Lepidoj)tera. Its life-history and habits when parasitising 

 the ova of Diatraea have been fully worked out by myself 

 and published in the Journal of the Board of Agriculture, 

 British Guiana, vol. vi, No. 4. 



Subfamily CHALGIDINAE. 

 Genus Chalcis, F. 



C jyandora, Cwfd. Bred from the pupa case of a species 

 of Hesperid (sp. indet.) butterfly feeding on cane blades. 

 An uncommon species. 



C. annulata, F. A common parasite of Brassolis sophorae, 

 L. {Lepidoptem) and also Caligo iJioneus ilioneus, Cramer 

 {Lepidoptera). It is widely distributed and the commonest 

 Chalcid in the Colony. 



Genus Smicra, 8piii. 



S.fulvonutcidata, Cam. Bred from the pupa of a Hesperid 

 butterfly (sp. indet.). An uncommon species. 



Family EVANIIDAE. 



SubfamQy EVANIINAE. 



Genus Evania, F. 



E. erythraspis, (Jameron. Issororo, N.W.D. 



E. appendigasfer, L. This insect emerged from a large 

 box containing a (quantity of seed rice packed in bags. 

 Innumerable Blattid egg-cases {Periplaneta americana L.), 

 as well as adult insects, were in the box. 



