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  SPECIES 
  OF 
  CHALCIDOIDEA 
  FROM 
  CEYLON. 
  

  

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  also 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  quite 
  different 
  in 
  habit. 
  The 
  $ 
  $ 
  of 
  S. 
  taprobanes 
  probably 
  seek 
  

   and 
  sting 
  their 
  prey 
  in 
  the 
  normal 
  manner. 
  Silvestri 
  ( 
  Report 
  of 
  an 
  Expedition 
  to 
  

   Africa 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  the 
  natural 
  enemies 
  of 
  Fruit 
  Flies 
  (Trypaneidae) 
  ; 
  Territory 
  of 
  

   Hawaii, 
  Board 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  and 
  Forestry, 
  Bull. 
  No. 
  3, 
  Div. 
  of 
  Entomology, 
  p. 
  126, 
  

   11th 
  Feb. 
  1914) 
  describes 
  how 
  the 
  ? 
  $ 
  of 
  S. 
  indicum, 
  having 
  found 
  a 
  fruit 
  with 
  broken 
  

   rind, 
  carefully 
  test 
  with 
  their 
  antennae 
  for 
  their 
  prey, 
  in 
  pursuit 
  of 
  which, 
  when 
  

   located, 
  they 
  plunge 
  into 
  the 
  decaying 
  pulp 
  and 
  entirely 
  disappear 
  from 
  view. 
  

   Eventually 
  the 
  larva 
  is 
  overtaken 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  its 
  strenous 
  efforts 
  to 
  escape, 
  and 
  

   oviposition 
  takes 
  place. 
  

  

  Syntomosphyrum 
  taprobanes, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (fig. 
  5). 
  

  

  Head 
  broader 
  than 
  deep 
  (4:3), 
  entirely 
  shining 
  black. 
  After 
  potash, 
  the 
  integument 
  

   shows 
  a 
  finely 
  reticulated 
  pattern, 
  but 
  the 
  space 
  above 
  the 
  mouth 
  is 
  almost 
  smooth. 
  

   Clypeal 
  edge 
  bilobed 
  ; 
  scrobes 
  not 
  far 
  apart, 
  oblong 
  oval, 
  set 
  plainly 
  above 
  the 
  base 
  

   line 
  of 
  the 
  eyes 
  ; 
  a 
  well 
  defined 
  keel 
  from 
  the 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  mouth 
  to 
  the 
  inner 
  lower 
  

   angle 
  of 
  the 
  eye 
  ; 
  malar 
  space 
  three-quarters 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  the 
  eye. 
  Three 
  short 
  

   stiff 
  bristles 
  on 
  orbits 
  at 
  vertex, 
  two 
  between 
  orbits 
  and 
  middle 
  of 
  occiput, 
  six 
  (?) 
  

   on 
  the 
  ocellar 
  triangle, 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  shorter 
  ones 
  on 
  vertex 
  behind 
  the 
  triangle 
  and 
  

   on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  occiput 
  below. 
  No 
  occipital 
  ridge 
  or 
  sharp 
  edge. 
  At 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  

   each 
  frontal 
  sclerite, 
  above 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  scape, 
  about 
  eight 
  minute 
  bristles 
  

   and 
  nearly 
  a 
  dozen 
  below 
  to 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  scrobes 
  ; 
  also 
  about 
  a 
  dozen 
  between 
  

   each 
  scrobe 
  and 
  the 
  malar 
  keel, 
  three 
  minute 
  bristles 
  on 
  each 
  clypeal 
  lobe, 
  and 
  one 
  

   or 
  two 
  more 
  between 
  the 
  mouth 
  edge 
  and 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  scrobes. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  5. 
  Syntomosphyrum 
  taprobanes, 
  sp. 
  n., 
  $ 
  ; 
  a, 
  antenna 
  ; 
  b, 
  mandible 
  ; 
  

  

  c, 
  apex 
  of 
  ovipositor. 
  

  

  Antennae 
  (fig. 
  5, 
  a) 
  10- 
  jointed 
  ; 
  scape, 
  pedicel, 
  two 
  ring 
  joints, 
  three 
  funicular, 
  

   and 
  three 
  in 
  club 
  ; 
  entirely 
  dark 
  blackish 
  brown. 
  Scape 
  four 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  ; 
  

   pedicel 
  one-third 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  scape 
  ; 
  the 
  first 
  ring 
  joint 
  more 
  robust 
  and 
  

   brownish, 
  the 
  second 
  hyaline 
  and 
  bilaminate. 
  Joints 
  of 
  funicle 
  increasiDg 
  in 
  ratio 
  

  

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