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in the control of Ph . glockinella in Louisiana. The following species of 
Hymenoptera 4 have been reared from glockinella larvae: 
Chelonus phthorimaeae Gahan. Sympiesomorphelleus bicoloriceps Gir. 
Orgilus mellipes Say. Bassus sp. 
Bassus gibbosus Say. Apanteles sp. 
Their numbers vary considerably during the months when Phthori- 
maea glockinella larvae occur in the field, though they are usually more 
abundant during the fall. The first three species named have issued in 
greatest numbers. 
It has not been ascertained whether these species of Hymenoptera 
are primary parasites, although Graf (5, p. jj, 42) records Bassus gib¬ 
bosus and a species of Apanteles as being parasitic on Phthorimaea 
operculella . He also (5, p. 40) lists Chelonus shoskoneanorum Vier. as a 
parasite. More recently Gahan {4, p. 199) has stated that the species 
Graf figured under this name was Chelonus phthorimaeae. 
In addition to the reared species mentioned above, a solitary wasp, 
Ancistrocerus fulvipes Saussure, of the family Eumenidae 5 has been 
observed by C. E. Smith to remove larvae from their mines in the leaves 
of eggplant. The wasp inserted her ovipositor into the mined area, 
forcing the larva to move about in the mine. When it reached a point 
where there was an opening in the leaf surface, the wasp grasped the 
larva with her jaws and removed it. 
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