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A NEW SILK-SPINNING CHALCID

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

L. O. Howard
L. O. Howard
Affiliation:
Washington
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During the summer of 1879, while working with Professor Comstock upon the natural enemies of the cotton worm, I came across the following passage in his fleld notes of the previous year :—

“August 27.–I found yesterday a cotton worm about five-eighths of an inch in length, which, though yet alive, was being destroyed by three green larvæ which were upon it. I found the specimens abont 10 a. m. Last evening I observed that the cotton worm was nearly eaten. The parasites had very short bodies, which, when they moved, were pointed at one end. I had intended to describe the specimens, but I find that they have spun cocoons about their bodies.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 12 , Issue 8 , August 1880 , pp. 158 - 159
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1880

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References

* In the figure of this insect, p. 196 of the report on Cotton Insect, the tarsi should be 4-jointed instead of 5, and the parts of the mesothorax should be entirely levised.