i06 SEVENTEENTH Report STATE ENTOMOLOGIST OF MINNESOTA—1918 
PARASITES 
Three species of parasitic chalcids have been found attacking 
Bruchophagus -funebris. One of these, Tetrastichus bruchophagi 
Ashm. is described to considerable length by Urbahns (1917) but it has 
not been observed by the writer. The other two species have been 
found in our study of Bruchophagus, (1) Habrocytus medicaginis 
Gahan. We quote Gahan’s description of the adult. 
Fig. 22. Female of H. midicaginis. 
Female—Length about 1.7 mm. Head and thorax closely punctate, 
the punctures on the medial portion of the mesoscutum slightly larger 
than those on the scapulae and scutellum; antennae with two ring- 
joints; pedicel and first funicle joint, excluding the ring-joints, about 
equal; following funicle joints a little longer than the first and a trifle 
