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gemmaecola (Cushman). Mass., Conn., N. J., Md., Va., Fla., Ohio, Tenn., Mo., Ark., N. Dak., S. 

 Dak., Nebr., Tex., Mont., Colo., Ariz. Host: Rhyacionia bnoliana (Schiff.), R.frustrana 

 (Comst.), R. bushyielli (Busck), R. neomexicana (Dyar), R. subtropica Miller. 

 Microbracon gemmaecola Cushman, 1927. Jour. Agr. Res. 34: 740. 9, i . 

 geraei (Muesebeck). N. J., Fla., Ohio, Iowa, Ark., S. Dak., Kans., Ariz. Host: Geraeus sp., 

 Trichobaris sp. 

 Microbracon geraei Muesebeck, 1925. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 67 (8): 74. 9, 6. 

 gossypii Muesebeck. S. C, Ga., Fla., Miss., Ark., La., Tex. Host: Anthonomus grandis Boh. 



Bracon gossypii Muesebeck, 1963. Ent. News 74: 161. 9,6. 

 gracilis (Provancher). Que. 



Phylax gracilis Provancher, 1886. Addit. Corr. Faune Ent. Canada Hym., p. 131. S. 

 hebctor Say. Cosmopolitan. Host: Anagasta kuehniella (Zell.), Cadra caiitella (Wlkr.), 



Ephestia elutella (Hbn.), Galleria mellonella (L.), Laetilia coccidivora (Comst.), Moodna 

 sp., Phthorimaea operculella (Zell.), Plodia interpunctella (Hbn.), Sitotroga cerealella 

 (Oliv.), Vitula edmansae (Pack.). 

 Bracon hebetor Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 252. 9,6. 

 Bracon dorsator Say, 1836. Boston Jour. Nat. Hist. 1: 253. 9,6. 

 Bracon juglandis Ashmead, 1889 (1888). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 11: 621. 6. 

 Habrobracon beneficientior Viereck, 1911. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 40: 182. 9,6. 

 Bracon breviantennatus de Stefani, 1919. Inform. R. R. Osserv. Fitopatol. e Intorno ad 



Alcuni Ins. Dannosi alle Derr. Aliment., Min. Agr. (Palermo, Italy), p. 44. 9, 6. 

 Habrobracon pectinophorae Watanabe, 1935. Insecta Matsumurana 10: 44. 9, 6. 



Taxonomy: Lai, 1946. Indian Jour. Ent. 8: 85-88. — Puttarudriah and Channa Basavanna, 

 1956. Bui. Ent. Res. 47: 183-191. 



Biology: Graf, 1917. U. S. Dept. Agr., Bui. 427, p. 39-40 (as Habrobracon johannseni Vier.). 

 —Payne, 1933. Biol. Bui. 65: 187-205. —Payne, 1934. Ecol. Monog. 4: 1-46. —Clover and 

 Chatterjee, 1936. Indian Acad. Sci., Proc. 3: 195-211. —Harries, 1937. Ohio Jour. Sci. 37: 

 165-171. — Soliman, 1940. Soc. Fouad d'Ent, Bui. 24: 215-247. — Soliman, 1941. See. Fouad 

 d'Ent., Bui. 25: 1-97. —Martin, 1947. Introduct. Genetics Habrobracon juglandis Ashm., 205 

 p. —Beard, 1952. Conn. (State) Agr. Expt. Sta., Bui. 562, p. 1-27. — Kanungo, 1955. Current 

 Sci. 24: 59. — Grosch, La Chance, and Sullivan, 1955. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 48: 415-416. 

 — Grosch, 1959. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 52: 294-298. —Clark, 1963. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 56: 

 616-619. —Rotary and Gerling, 1973. Environ. Ent. 2: 134-138. 



Morphology: Schluter, 1933. Ztschr. f. Morph. u. Oekol. der Tiere 27: 488-517. —Bender, 1943. 

 Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 36: 537-545. -Grosch, 1952. Jour. Morph. 91: 221-236. 

 helianthi (Muesebeck). Fla., Tex. Host: Isophrictis sp. 



Microbracon helianthi Muesebeck, 1926. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 69 (7): 1. 9, 6. 

 hemimenae (Rohwer). Md., Fla. Host: Hemimene plummeriana (Busck). 



Microbracon hemimenae Rohwer, 1915. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 49: 232. 9. 

 hobomok (Viereck). Conn., N. Y., Md., Mich., Iowa. 



Microbracon hobomok Viereck, 1917 (1916). Conn. State Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey, Bui. 

 22, p. 208. 

 hyslopi (Viereck). Colo., Idaho, Utah, Wash., Oreg., Calif. Host: Cnephasia longana (Haw.), 



Etiella zinckenella schisticolor Zell., Hypera nigrirostris (F.), Platyptiiia carduidactyla 

 (Riley), P. williamsii Grin. 

 Microbracon hyslopi Viereck, 1912. U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 42: 142. 9. 

 jani Muesebeck. MiYin., Miss. Host: Janus abbreviatus (Say). 

 Bracon jani Muesebeck, 1963. Ent. News 74: 164. 9,6. 

 juncicola Ashmead. N. S. s. to Fla., w. to Ont., N. Dak., and Tex.; Utah, B. C. Host: 



Coleophora alniella Heinr., C. laricella (Hbn.), C. viburniella Clem., Etiella zinckenella 

 (Treit.), Keiferia inconspicuella (Murtf.), K lycopersicella (Wlsm.). 

 Bracon juncicola Ashmead, 1889 (1888). U. S. Natl. Mus., Proc. 11: 620. 9. 

 Bracon melanaspis Ashmead, 1891. Canad. Ent. 23: 1. 9. 



Microbracon sebequanash Viereck, 1917 (1916). Conn. State Geol. and Nat. Hist. Survey, 

 Bui. 22, p. 206. 9. 



