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has shown a parasitization of alxmt 1)0%. I have found it 

 attacking also the egg's of Jiriicliiis pnitnlnus. />. clilncnsis, 

 and the Dolichos weevil and it will probably attack any of the 

 species depositing their eggs on the surface of pods and seeds 

 in the field. This species mnst be considered a most valuable 

 addition to (he parasitic fauna of the Island, particularly since 

 it seems to be the only known egg parasite of Jinicliit/ae. 



Hetevospilns prosopulis. 



In the same sweepings which contained the Jiniclnis pnn- 

 jiiinis were found individuals of an nnfamiliar Braconid which 

 was later bred from B. pruininus. It was then recognized l)y 

 Mr. Fnllaway as a species of Hcterospilus introduced by him 

 in tlie work before referred to. In the Animal Eeport of the 

 Hawaii Agr. Expt. Sta. for 1010 he says, nnder the licad of 

 algaroba w^eevil parasites, ''At the beginning of the year ship- 

 ments of bean weevil parasites were received through the co- 

 operation of the Bureau of Entomology. * - '^^ Later a search 

 was made to find if they had become established but this could 

 not be demonstrated except in the case of the minute egg 

 parasite. * ^^ * All attempts to breed the parasites in confine- 

 ment failed. * * - On advice only Iletcrospilus Avas released 

 and in all 2303 were liberated. * * * The parasites were mostly 

 liberated on the gi'onnds of the experiment station. One lot 

 of 250 specimens was released on the Alexander & Baldwin 

 plantation at Pnnnene, Mani, another lot of 200 on the Isen- 

 berg ranch at Waialae, Oahu, and anotlier of 100 on the Molo- 

 kai ranch near Kannakakai." 



This species was described in 1011 by Viereck (Proc. IT. 

 S. Xat. Mns. 38:381) as HeterospUus prosopidis from Texas 

 and Lonisiana and Cnshman (Jonrn. Econ. Ent. 11 :480-500) 

 records it as a parasite there of Bruchus prosopis bred from 

 Prosopis piihescens,Bnicliiis exigums breeding in seeds of Amor- 

 plia fruticosa, Bruchus ochraceiis breeding in the two-seeded 

 pods of a species of Vicia, Bruchus sallei breeding in pods of 

 Gleditsia tnacanthos and Bruchus hisignatus bred from Acuan 



