A panteles flavipes(Cam.) andA. sesamiaeCam. are important parasites of graminaceous borers in the Oriental and Ethiopian Regions, respectively. Both have been utilised for biological control.A. sesamiaehas become the commonest parasite ofSesamia calamistisHmps. in Mauritius (Anon., 1954), whileA. flavipeshas become remarkably successful againstDiatraea saccharalis(F.) in Barbados (Simmonds, 1969a). In view of the interest engendered in these parasites, particularly the latter, by these successes, a general account is presented here of their biology, based on published data and on the author's observations at the East African Station (Kawanda, Uganda) of the Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control.
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A. I. Mohyuddin (1971) studied this question.
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