SOME ADDITIONAL REMARKS CONCERNING MR. GIRAULT'S 



DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW JAVANESE CHALCID FLIES 



(see this nr., p. 53 — 59). 



By Dr. W. Roepke. 



Epaenasomyia palUdicips & xylocopae, GiR., p. 54. 



Both species are common at Buitenzorg. They infect the larvae of 

 Xylocopa caerulea, aesfuans and temiiscapa. Freshly emerged imagines are 

 sometimes seen in great numbers running on the timber wherein the Xylocopa' s 

 form galleries. They enter the holes and penetrate into the galleries till they 

 encounter the Xylocopa larvae. Some time after the parasitizing has taken 

 place, the Xylocopa larvae become mummified, their colour changing into 

 brown. The Chalcids develop in enormous numbers in the body of the host 

 larva. 



Eurytoma phytophaga GiR., p. 55. 



This species has been reared by Mr. Docters van Leeuwen, from the 

 fruits of the large earth orchid, Phajiis sp., growing in the neighbourhood of 

 Tjibadak, Western Java. This Chalcis seems to be truly phytophagous. 



Taftia prodeniae Ashm., p. 56. 



The two females were found by Mr. P. van der Goot at Salatiga, tightly 

 claspering the base of the antennae of the common black ant, Dolichoderus 

 bituberculatiis Mayr. 



Copidosemopsis javensis GiR., p. 56. 

 This species is probably the same which Mr. P. van der Goot reared 

 at Salatiga from the puparia of Coccodiplosis pscudococci de Mey. 



Chalcis javensis GiR., p. 57. 



This is one of the common Chalcis which are very often obtained from 

 free hanging Rhopalocerous pupae. The species was reared from the beauti- 

 full pupa of the common manggo butterfly, Eiithalia sp. 



Anastatus locustac Gir., p. 58. 



This species was obtained from Dr. P. Arens, at Malang. 



