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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOURTH 
  ENTOTiEOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  

  

  made 
  a 
  foot-note 
  in 
  my 
  last 
  paper 
  that 
  this 
  insect 
  might 
  be 
  closely 
  

   allied 
  to 
  the 
  American 
  clover 
  seed 
  Chalcid 
  and 
  evidently 
  it 
  is 
  so, 
  as 
  

   both 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  genus 
  (BrucJiophagus). 
  Thus 
  the 
  Daincha 
  

   seed 
  Chalcid 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  known 
  in 
  futm-e 
  as 
  Bruchophagus 
  mellipes, 
  Gahan, 
  

   and 
  not 
  as 
  Eurytoma 
  indi. 
  

  

  Stomoceras 
  ayyari, 
  Gahan 
  (Chalcididae). 
  (Plate 
  II, 
  fig. 
  1.) 
  

  

  This 
  jet-black, 
  fairly 
  large 
  stout 
  Chalcid 
  was 
  reared 
  out 
  

   from 
  caterpillars 
  of 
  the 
  Limacodid 
  moth, 
  Parasa 
  lepida, 
  a 
  well-known 
  

   pest 
  of 
  castor, 
  mango, 
  palms, 
  etc., 
  in 
  the 
  Plains 
  of 
  South 
  India. 
  More 
  

   than 
  one 
  species 
  of 
  parasite 
  has 
  been 
  reared 
  from 
  this 
  larva 
  but 
  this 
  

   one 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  fairly 
  important 
  and 
  a 
  large-sized 
  species. 
  The 
  insect 
  

   was 
  named 
  and 
  described 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Gahan 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  A. 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Ento- 
  

   mology 
  (see 
  page 
  518, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  A. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  Vol. 
  56 
  ; 
  1919). 
  

  

  Sjnnaria 
  nigriceps, 
  Cam. 
  (Braconidse). 
  (Plate 
  II, 
  fig. 
  2.) 
  

  

  On 
  page 
  9 
  of 
  the 
  Pusa 
  Bulletin 
  No. 
  89 
  (Second 
  Hundred 
  Notes 
  on 
  

   Indian 
  Insects), 
  Mr. 
  Fletcher 
  has 
  recorded 
  Spinaria 
  leucomelwna, 
  Westw., 
  

   as 
  having 
  been 
  collected 
  by 
  him 
  in 
  Coorg. 
  Recently 
  I 
  collected 
  two 
  

   specimens 
  of 
  a 
  species 
  which 
  I 
  am 
  almost 
  sure 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  species 
  

   which 
  Cameron 
  has 
  described 
  from 
  Ceylon 
  as 
  Spinaria 
  nigriceps 
  (Vide 
  

   page 
  37, 
  PI. 
  3, 
  fig. 
  7) 
  in 
  Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  XLI 
  (4). 
  This 
  is 
  evidently 
  

   the 
  first 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  for 
  Continental 
  India. 
  

  

  So 
  far 
  we 
  have 
  the 
  following 
  species 
  of 
  Spinaria 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Indian 
  

   region 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  Spinaria 
  nigriceps, 
  Cam. 
  Ceylon 
  and 
  Madras. 
  {Manchester 
  

  

  Memoirs, 
  1897). 
  

  

  2. 
  Spinaria 
  trimaculata, 
  Cam. 
  Khasi 
  Hills 
  {Manch. 
  Memoirs, 
  

  

  1900). 
  

  

  3. 
  Spinaria 
  albiventris, 
  Cam. 
  Khasi 
  Hills 
  {Manch. 
  Memoirs, 
  

  

  1899). 
  

  

  4. 
  Spinaria 
  leucomelcena, 
  Westw. 
  Coorg 
  {Pusa 
  2nd 
  Hundred 
  Notes 
  

  

  Bulletin, 
  page 
  9). 
  

  

  5. 
  Spinaria 
  jlavipennis. 
  Cam. 
  India 
  {Entomologist, 
  1906, 
  p. 
  205). 
  

  

  6. 
  Spinaria 
  chotanensis, 
  Cam. 
  India 
  {Entomologist, 
  1906, 
  p. 
  206). 
  

  

  7. 
  Spinaria 
  spinator, 
  Guer. 
  India 
  (Duperrey, 
  Voy. 
  Coquill., 
  ZooL 
  

  

  II, 
  p. 
  199, 
  1830). 
  

  

  Pristomerus 
  euzopherce. 
  (Ichneumonidse.) 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  Fauna 
  volume 
  on 
  Ichneumonidse, 
  Morley 
  described 
  a 
  new 
  

   species 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  Pristomerus 
  testaceus, 
  a 
  parasite 
  reared 
  out 
  

  

  