Melittobia hawaiiensis Perkins

Swezey, O. H., 1946, Notes On Some Guam Chalcidoidea, Insects of Guam II, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, pp. 211-219 : 217

47. Melittobia hawaiiensis Perkins ,

Haw. Ent. Soc., Proc. 1: 124, 1907.

Piti, May 20, Swezey; Piti, Sept. 27, reared from pupae found Sept. 24 in a cocoon of Pison argentatum . On another occasion there were six cocoons of Pison argentatum in cells of a mud nest, and each cocoon had exit holes where Melittobia had issued, which shows the prevalence of this wasp parasite. Three slide mounts, two retained in U. S. National Museum ; one specimen mounted on a point.