﻿PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  FOtlKTU 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  MEETING 
  31 
  

  

  from 
  the 
  Brinjal 
  stem-borer, 
  Euzophera 
  perticella, 
  Bag., 
  collected 
  at 
  

   Attiir, 
  Chingleput, 
  etc. 
  I 
  have 
  recently 
  come 
  across 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Pris- 
  

   tornerus 
  described 
  by 
  Yiereck 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  P. 
  euzophercB 
  which 
  also 
  

   appears 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  reared 
  out 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  host 
  caterpillar, 
  in 
  Mysore, 
  

   in 
  the 
  Proc. 
  of 
  U. 
  S. 
  A. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  Vol. 
  42, 
  1912-13, 
  p. 
  152. 
  It 
  might 
  

   be 
  that 
  the 
  two 
  are 
  separate 
  but 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  could 
  compare 
  the 
  descrip- 
  

   tions, 
  the 
  species 
  appear 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  similar. 
  Whether 
  the 
  same 
  or 
  

   not, 
  this 
  additional 
  information 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  use 
  to 
  workers 
  on 
  Ichneu- 
  

   monida? 
  in 
  India. 
  If 
  they 
  happen 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  same, 
  Viereck's 
  name 
  being 
  

   the 
  earlier 
  must 
  be 
  retained. 
  

  

  Microplitis 
  sp. 
  (Braconidse) 
  . 
  (Plate 
  III, 
  fig. 
  1.) 
  

   Most 
  of 
  us 
  Indian 
  workers 
  are 
  familiar 
  with 
  this 
  pretty 
  common 
  

   inslct 
  found 
  as 
  a 
  parasite 
  on 
  the 
  castor 
  semilooper, 
  Achcea 
  {Ophiusa) 
  

   Janata, 
  in 
  all 
  castor-growing 
  tracts. 
  The 
  parasitic 
  grub 
  after 
  feeding 
  

   inside 
  the 
  host 
  come-j 
  out 
  just 
  before 
  pupation, 
  prepares 
  a 
  pale 
  brown 
  

   cocoon 
  and 
  fixes 
  itself 
  under 
  the 
  tail-end 
  of 
  the 
  host-caterpillar. 
  In 
  

   certain 
  seasons 
  this 
  insect 
  acts 
  as 
  an 
  important 
  natural 
  check 
  on 
  this 
  

   pretty 
  bad 
  pest 
  of 
  castor 
  and 
  hundreds 
  of 
  parasitized 
  larvae 
  are 
  seen 
  

   on 
  the 
  plants. 
  This 
  insect 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  bluish 
  black 
  active 
  Braconid 
  wasp. 
  

   I 
  submitted 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Viereck 
  who 
  has 
  determined 
  

   it 
  generically. 
  I 
  hope 
  to 
  publish 
  a 
  detailed 
  description 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  

   possible 
  after 
  referring 
  to 
  literature 
  and 
  making 
  myself 
  sure 
  that 
  it 
  

   a 
  new 
  species. 
  

  

  A 
  Wood-wasp 
  from 
  South 
  India. 
  (Siricidae.) 
  

   Recently 
  while 
  sorting 
  out 
  the 
  Hymenoptera 
  in 
  the 
  Coimbatore 
  

   collections 
  I 
  came 
  across 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  a 
  wood-wasp 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  

   family 
  Siricidce, 
  members 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  rare 
  in 
  the 
  Tropics. 
  

   Our 
  insect 
  was 
  collected 
  from 
  Yercaud 
  in 
  the 
  Shevaroy 
  Hills 
  at 
  4,000 
  

   feet 
  elevation. 
  On 
  referring 
  to 
  literature, 
  which 
  I 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  get 
  at, 
  

   the 
  insect 
  appears 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  the 
  genus 
  Urocerus, 
  Geoff. 
  {Sirex, 
  Linn.), 
  

   but 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  quite 
  sure. 
  It 
  might 
  be 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  closely 
  allied 
  

   genus 
  Xiphydria, 
  Latr. 
  of 
  which 
  Cameron 
  has 
  recorded 
  one 
  species, 
  

   Xiphydria 
  quadrimaculata, 
  from 
  the 
  Khasi 
  Hills 
  (page 
  4, 
  Manchester 
  

   Memoirs, 
  XLIII 
  (3) 
  ; 
  1899) 
  and 
  another, 
  Xiphydria 
  striatifrons, 
  from 
  

   Ceylon 
  (page 
  70, 
  Spol. 
  Zeyl, 
  III 
  ; 
  1906). 
  This 
  insect 
  does 
  not 
  appear 
  

   to 
  be 
  either 
  of 
  these. 
  There 
  is 
  mention 
  made 
  of 
  another 
  species, 
  Xiphy- 
  

   dria 
  orientalis, 
  Westw., 
  as 
  also 
  Indian 
  but 
  I 
  am 
  unable 
  to 
  get 
  details 
  

   of 
  this 
  latter. 
  The 
  importance 
  of 
  this 
  record 
  consists 
  in 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  

   this 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  record 
  of 
  a 
  wood- 
  wasp 
  from 
  South 
  India 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  know. 
  

  

  