NEW RECORD ON NATURAL ENEMIES OF MEXICAN BEETLE ZYGOGRAMMA BICOLORATA.

Mexican beetle Zygogramma bicolorata Pallister (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) biological controlment on Parthenium hysterophorus L. plants in Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh). The four species of insects viz., the yellow paper wasp Polistes wattii Cameron (Hymenoptera: Vespidae); the two spotted stink bug Perillus bioculatus (F.) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae); the predatory bug Eocanthecona furcellata (Wolff) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) and assassin bug Rhynocoris cf. fuscipes (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) were found as natural enemies of Z. bicolorata. It is the first report of predation of Mexican beetle by the yellow paper wasp and Rhynocoris bug. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]