The Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society, of London

Abstract

Since it is believed that this is the second record of Epipyropidae from Africa, the following biological notes, though very incomplete, should be of interest. I have found the Epipyropid, which Mr. W. H. T. Tams of the British Museum (Natural History) has described as Fulgoraecia cerolestes sp. parasitizing two species of Metaphaena-M. cruentata Gerstaecker which occurs on the introduced tree Grevillea robusta, and M. militaris Gerstaecker which I have only seen on a species of Entandophragma, a tree indigenous but uncommon in the Amani forest. Most of these observations refer to parasites on Metaphaena cruentata.