An unexpected emergence of a large number of Braconid parasites(Spathius Sp.)from a cage of wilting cotton stalks under observation was discovered for the first time on 20th March 1936.This Braconi is already known to be a definite parasite of the larval stages of the cotton stem weevil-Pempheres offinis F.and the same has been observed and collcted from several places like Coimbatore.Ramnad district and Erode.The emergence continued for over a month and a half though irregularly and in diminishing numbers.About five hundred parasites have thus been collected.
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