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hymenoptera. 
Apanteles chilonis. The imagines of the former emerge directly from 
the pupa of the caterpillar, not making an external cocoon, whilst 
the Apanteles larvae, if not parasitised, emerge as full-grown larvae and 
make white cocoons outside their host. 
Syntomosphyrum (Cirrospilus) sp. is reared from pupae of Chilo- 
menes sexmaculata, F., a Ladybird beetle, where it is possibly a hyper¬ 
parasite of Scelio (Homalotylus) terminalis , Say., which parasitises 
this beetle grub. S . esurus , Ry., has been reared from the cotton 
aphis (Aphis gossypii , Glov.) in which it is possibly a hyperparasite 
of Trioxys sp ., a Braconid parasite. Omphale sp. is a small insect 
of which 77 were reared from the grub of a Cotton Stem Borer, 
Sphenoptera gossypii , Kerr. It is probably a hyperparasite on the 
true parasite of this beetle grub. Pteromalus oryzce , Cam., is a 
parasite of the grub of the rice weevil Calandra oryzae, L., and keeps 
this voracious pest in check. (I. M. N.) Aphelinus thece , Cam., is 
recorded as a parasite of the scale insect, Aspidiotus thece , Mask., on 
tea in the Kangra Valley. (I. M. N.) A species near to Sycoryctes 
philippinensis , Ashm., has been 
reared from the fruits of the pipal 
(Ficus religiosa) in India, and 
with it Goniogaster , (Idarnes) 
stabilis, Wlk., and Sycophila 
decatonioides, Wlk., which are 
parasitic upon it. 
The following species are also 
recorded as having been reared 
from the figs of Ficus indica (? 
meant for Ficus bengalensis , the 
banyan tree) :— Eupristina maso- 
ni , Saund.; Sycobia bethyloides , 
Westd. ; Walkerella temeraria, 
Westd. ; Sycobiella Saundersi, 
Westd. ; Sycoscapta insignis, 
Saund. ; Sycoscaptellg affinis, 
Westd. ; Micranisa (Idarnes) 89— Eupristina masoni, male above, 
FEMALE BELOW. 
pteromalmdes, Wlk, {t , rom Weslwoolt) 
