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the life history of its host (Ent. Mo. Mag., Vol. XXI. p. 240) and as 
having been obtained from the pupa of Tinea fuscipuncteUa Haw. by 
Dr. Fr. Loew (Verhdl. zool.-bot. Ver. Wien, Vol. XT, p. 303, 18G1). 
An ichneumonid was reared by the writer with P.farinalis, but the 
few bred specimens were unfortunately lost, and the species therefore 
remains unidentified. It is possible that it was the same above 
mentioned. 
Perilitus ictericus Kees., a European braconid, is recorded by Eondani 
(Bull. d. Soc. Ent. Italiana, Vol. IV. p. 58) as a parasite of this moth. 
The host moths with their parasites may be summarized as follows: 
LIST OF HOSTS AXD THEIR PARASITES. 
Hosts. Parasites. 
Ephestia kuebniella Zell Hadrobracon liebetor Say. 
Syn. [?] : Bracon brevicomis Xees. 
Apanteles epbestia- Baker. 
Cbremylus rubiginosus Xees. 
Ephestia elntella Bbn Hadrobracon bebetor Say. 
Epbestia cabiritella Zell Hadrobracon bebetor Say. 
Oraorga frumentaria Bond. 
Plodia iiiterpimctella Hbti Hadrobracon bebetor Say. 
Omorga frumentaria Rand. 
Limneria ephestia? A shin. 
Pyralis farinSlis Linn Apanteles carpatus Say. 
Perilitus ictericus Xees. 
Exocbus mansuetor Grav. 
Unknown ichneumonid. 
Spalangiarugieollis A*hm y secondary). 
Melanophora roralis P. d. W. (Dip.). 
Clausicella tarsalis Coq. (Dip.). 
Carcelia lencaniffi Eirkp. (Dip.). 
Tinea granella Linn Chremylus rubiginosus Xees. 
Omorga frumentaria Bond. 
Hemiteles tinea? Bond. 
Galleria mellonella Linn Hadrobracon bebetor Say. 
A FOREIGN PARASITE OF THE GRAIN WEEVILS. 
At the present time only a single hymenopterous parasite is known 
to infest the grain weevils in the United States. This is the species 
described by Dr. Howard in the Annual Report of this Department for 
1880 (p. 273) under the name Pteromalus calandras. This species is now 
refened to the genus Meraporus, and as it is obviously an introduced 
cosmopolite, like its host, it may prove to be synonymous with some 
previously described species. 
In Volume XII of the Entomologist tor February, 1879 (p. 47), Mr. 
E. A. Fitch, in speaking of the parasites of the granary-inhabiting 
Calandras, says: "I have met with two (probably three) Bpecies oi' 
Chalcididae, and Curtis knew another." Without at present entering 
into the subject as to what all these different species are, I will men- 
tion the one that Mr. Fitch probably had particularly in view. 
