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111 this paper I have attempted to bring together a very brief account 

 of these recently noted forms. Of course, casual references and stray 

 notes of some of these have appeared in reports and departmental papers 

 but nowhere in a connected and complete manner. 



The list is neither complete (it can never be complete for many a long 

 time to come), nor does it profess to give any detailed accounts of the 

 different forms. It is more or less a skeleton list forming a sort of supple- 

 ment to Mr. Fletcher's valuable volume, and the only reason for its pubh- 

 cation is to bring together our scattered and necessarily incomplete 

 knowledge of these forms into a connected shape as a sort of nucleus for 

 future work. There is little doubt that, as our knowledge of these 

 insects increases, it may be possible to bring out further papers con- 

 taining detailed information on each of these forms. In the Ust, I have 

 included not only those insects that have been recently noted as of some 

 economic importance, but also others, which though akeady known and 

 recorded, have not been sufficiently recognized as injurious in South 

 India. The forms are arranged under their natural Orders and with 

 regard to many which have not yet been scientifically identified, I have 

 given popular names by means of which each might be recognized 

 until it gets its scientific baptism. 



Hymenoptera. 



Eurytoma indi, Giraulfi. (Plate 9, fig. /.) — This is a small wasp of the 

 family Eurytomidse included La the large group of Chalcidid wasps. 

 Most of the insects of this group are parasitic on other insects and as 

 such beneficial in many cases to the cultivator. This species, however, 

 seems to be one among the exceptions. The adult insect is black 

 with the abdomen shining ; measures 2-25 mm. It breeds inside seeds 

 of dhaincba {Sesbania cegyptiaca) pods and destroys the seed. The insect 

 was noted on the Coimbatore farm three years ago doing serious 

 damage to a crop of dhaincha left for seed. A smaller insect, also a 

 Chalcidid, Megastigmus indi, Gir., has been noted along with it and 

 is believed to be a parasite on the seed-borer. 



In general form and habits this borer appears very closely allied to 

 the American ' Clover-seed Chalcid ' {BmcJi&phagus Junebris, How).^ 



Philantkus ramakrishnce. Turner. (Plate 11, fig. 1.) — This fossorial 

 wasp is one of the many insect enemies of the honey-bee {Apis indica) in 

 the Hills of South India. I first noted this on the Bababudin Hills in 



' The name given to this insect in the Report of the 2nd Entomological Conference, 

 Ttisa, (p. 73), is a mistake. 



2 See Monthly Bulletin Calif. St. Com. Hort., Vol. II, p. 696 (1913). 



