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Table i. Species of prey of Entomognathus brevis . 
Genus and species of prey 
Source 
Aphthona euphorbiae Schrank 
A phthona herbigrada Curtis 
Aphthona pygmaea nigella Kutsch. 
Chaetocnema arida Foudras 
Chaetocnema concinna Marsham 
Chaetocnema hortensis Geoffroy 
(— aridella Paykull) 
Chalcoides aurata Marsham 
Crepidodera ferruginea Scopoli 
Cryptocephalus labiatus Linnaeus 
Longitarsus jacobaeae Waterhouse 
Longitarsus luridus Scopoli 
Longitarsus nasturtii Fabricius 
Longitarsus pellucidus Foudras 
Longitarsus pratensis Panzer 
Longitarsus succineus Foudras 
Longitarsus suturalis Marsham 
Phyllotreta nigripes Fabricius 
Phyllotreta sp. 
Grandi, 1931 
Grandi, 1927; Maneval, 1937 
Grandi, 1931 
Maneval, 1937 
Richards, 1944 
Grandi, 1931; Richards, 1944; 
Abrahamsen, 1951 
Richards, 1944 
Maneval, 1928; Bouwman, 1930; 
Grandi, 1931 ; Chambers, 1949; 
Abrahamsen, 1951 
Hamm and Richards, 1926 
Hamm and Richards, 1926 
Adlerz, 1912 
Abrahamsen, 1951 
Grandi, 1927 
Grandi, 1927, 1931 ; 
Maneval, 1937 
Maneval, 1928; Grandi, 1931 
Maneval, 1937 
Grandi, 1931 
Benoist, 1915 
were piled indiscriminately with the egg-bearer, ventral-side-upward, 
on top of the pile; the wasp’s egg was attached to the venter of the 
beetle at the mesal base of the forecoxa, and extended transversely 
beyond the side of the beetle (Grandi, 1927). It was elongate, 
subcylindrical, curved, and measured 2 X ^ mm. 
The cocoon of E . brevis has been reported to be thin-walled and 
to measure 4.5-6 X 2-3 mm (Benoist, 1915). According to this 
author, the mature larva pushed the uneaten prey fragments to one 
end of the cell rather than distributing them over the surface of 
the cocoon. The larva pupated in June of the following year and 
the adult appeared during the second half of July. Adult wasps 
have been collected in Europe from the second week in June 
(Chambers, 1949) to the second week in September (Grandi, 1927). 
Entomognathus ( Toncahua ) texana Cresson 
Cazier and Mortenson (1965) collected one female flying above 
