K. J. Joseph

Contributions to our knowledge of fig insects (Chalcidoidea : Hymenopterai from India. IV. Further descriptions of new fig insects from Ficus bengalensis L.

Abstract One new genus (Sycophilomorpha), one new species (Sycoscapteridea guruti) and the female of a known species (Walkerella temeraria Westwood) are described.

Three new Torymidae (Hymenoptera: Chalcidoidea) from Ficus arnottiana

Abstract Three new species of fig insects of the family Torymidae, viz., Philotrypo- morpha indica, gen. et sp. nov., Sycoscapter arnottianus, sp. nov. and Philosycella wiebesina, gen. et sp. nov., from Ficus arnottiana Miq. are described.

Three new Chalcidoidea (Hymenoptera) from India

Abstract Two new torymid species, one belonging to a new genus, viz., Sycorycteridea keralensis, gen. et sp. nov., and Sycorycles callosa, sp. nov., both collected from Ficus callosa Willd., and a new agaonid Blastophaga ijahela, sp., nov. from Fie us ijahela Burm. are described.

Some new species of Oriental Brachymeria Westwood (Hymenoptera : Chialcididae) in the collections of the Bishop Museum, Honolulu

Abstract Two new species and a new subspecies of Oriental Brachymeria Westwood viz., B. longlscaposa, B. auratopubescens and B. shansiensis vietnamensis are described.

New species of oriental Brachymeria Westwood (Hymenoptera : Chalcididae) in the collections of Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden

Abstract Three new species of Brachymeria Westwood, viz., B. scutellocarinata, B. gigantica and B. nigritegularis are described.

Two new species and three new subspecies of Brachymeria Westwood (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) from the Mysore region

Abstract Two new species and three new subspecies of Brachymeria West wood, viz., B. putturensis, B. putturensis longigastralis, B. flagellata, B. fonscolombei rufoflagellatae, and B. fonscolombei nigriflagellatae are described from Mysore, India. A key for their identification is given.

Four new species of Brachymeria Westwood (Hymenoptera : Chalcididae) from the Calicut region

Abstract Four new species of Brachymeria Westwood, viz., Brachymeria coxodentata, B. punctifronta, B. scrobatae and B. medicina are described from Calicut, India. A key for their identification is given.

New species of Brachymeria Westwood (Hymenoptera: Chalcididae) in the collections of Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi

Abstract One new species and a new subspecies of Brachymeria Westwood, viz., Brachymeria menoni * and Brachymeria bengalensis pulchellae are described.