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slight hinge. When the cocoons are affixed end to end in 
the heap, the lids appear to be always formed and pushed 
off at the free ends. | 
Nos. 7 and 8.—From the pupze of the case moth Avdio- 
steres moretonella, Walk., the larvee of which live in the 
nests of small black tree ants. The Lepidopterous larvze 
never leave these nests; but in order to pupate they 
approach closely to the entrances, when they are, no doubt, 
victimised. 
[No. 7 is borne by the following undated set of speci- 
mens: a Lepidopterous case from which the empty pupal 
skin of a moth projects, so that this particular specimen 
was not parasitised; 2 2 Chaleidide described by Col. 
Bingham as Stomatoceras fasciatipennis (Appendix, p. 128) ; 
4 ants identified by Prof. Auguste Forel as Cremastogaster 
leviceps, Smith. 
No. 8 is borne by a set of specimens dated June 5, 1902: 
2 flattened dumb-bell-shaped Lepidopterous cocoons the 
larger of which has been pierced by an emerging parasite, 
the other very small; 1 Chalcidid considered by Col. 
Bingham to be probably a species of Halticella, but too 
fragile to bear removal from the card for examination; 2 
Cremastogaster leviceps, Smith, 9.] 
No. 9.—These bright little Chalcididz I have bred fre- 
quently from the pupe of the fine long-jawed ant 
Odontomachus sp., several sometimes coming from the one 
cocoon. 
[No. 9 is borne by 2 2 and 1 f Chalcididze described by 
Col. Bingham as Lhipipallus afinis (Appendix, p. 129), 
They are dated July 30, 1902. Another set of specimens, 
without number, but dated March 16, 1902, contains 1 ¢ 
and 1 of the same species of Chalcidid, 1 worker ant 
identified by Prof. Forel as Odontomachus ruficeps, Sm., 
subsp. coriarius, Mayr., 9, and 1 ant cocoon, A third un- 
numbered set, dated Oct. 1902, contains 1 f and 2 @ of the 
Chalcidids, and 1 worker of the above-named species of 
ant. | 
No. 10 is a great rarity and the only specimen I have 
bred from several lots of pupz of a large ant, Camponotus sp, 
From one lot I obtained some large bright pink mites, but 
I lost these in a great cyclone on March 9, 1903. 
[No. 10 is borne by the 2 of a beautiful and remarkable 
Chalcidid described by Col. Bingham as Schizaspidia doddi 
(Appendix, p. 130). It is dated Jan. 1903.] 
