THE CLover SEED CHALCID 97 
distinctive characters. Antennal segments not petiolate, and without 
the long hairs; flagellum of nine segments, the funicle having six and 
Fig. 18. Male of B. fuwnebris. 
the club three. Abdomen not 
pedunculate, longer than the 
thorax, with the fourth and 
fifth segments short and sub- 
equal, and with a light brown 
pointed extremity—a part of 
the ovipositor. 
“The egg is broadly ellip- 
tical to ovate in form, ending 
anteriorly in a small papilla 
and prolonged posteriorly as a 
slender tube, at least twice as 
long as the egg proper, which 
averages 0.26 mm. in length. 
The egg when laid is trans- 
lucent, whitish, and smooth; 
within a day, the appendage 
shrinks and turns brown. 
“The maggot-like larva is 
white, stout, footless, with a small head; length when full grown, 1.5 
to2 mm. The larva shows few distinctive characters, tho it 1s stouter 
and less active than parasitic larvae of the same family. 
“The pupa is for a time white, but darkens 
as the color of the imago develops; length - 
Oem. 
It may be noted in addition to the above de- (oe \ 
scription of the larva that when very young 
and feeding upon green seed contents, it has a 
greenish tinge. The full grown larva has 
brown mandibles, each with a tooth on its 
inner edge. 
SEASONAL History AND HABITS 
The life history of Bruchophagus funebris 
consists of two generations in a year with over- 
lapping individuals producing a frequent third 
ig. 
il), 
generation. The first brood of adults appears in June. 
posit in the soft green seeds of the first crop and of stray clover plants 
along roads. The time required for the eggs to hatch varies. Accord- 
Egg of B. fune- 
biis. 
Females ovi- 
