166 SEVENTEENTH Report STATE ENtToMoLocist or MInNEsoTA—1918 
Minnesota species: Protapanteles sp. reared from Agresthia alter- 
natella by S. Marcovitch. Also taken Sept. 15 at Lanesboro. A large 
number of Apanteles were reared in our insectary in the 80’s and 
are in the collection, but without labels to indicate the locality of collect- 
ing. Specimens, however, were taken by Viereck at Lanesboro, Sept. 15, 
1913. Atanycolus is found here (taken Sept. 11 in Rock Co. on sun- 
flower) as are also the genera Habrobracon, Iphiaulax (Monogono- 
gastra), Microbracon (Fillmore Co. in Sept.), Cardiochiles, Mirax 
and Opius, representatives of the latter genus being taken in Itasca Co., 
Sept. 1, 1913. 
Fig. 42. Aleiodes abdoniinalis Cress.: female. Family Braconidae. 
MEN GSIOUD IND: 
Second and third tergites fused as is evidenced by the apparent second segment 
having two pairs of spiracles. Cutting edge of mandibles turned outward, their tips 
neither meeting nor overlapping when they are flexed toward the mouth; mesothorax 
with its sternum and pleurae, or at least the latter not divided into an anterior and 
posterior portion by the presence of a carina or suture, in short without a prepectus. 
This family contains parasites on various injurious forms, the 
cabbage maggot, horn fly, wheat louse, etc. Dipterous larvae appear 
to be its choice. 
Coelinidea ferruginea Gahan, is a parasite of Meromyza ameri- 
cana. Mesocrina pegomyiae was reared from P. brassicae and orig- 
inally described from Minnesota by Brues. The same is true of 
Aphaereta pegomyiae Brues, also reared from P. brassicae in our lab- 
oratory. Specimens of Phaenocarpa were taken Aug. 14 at Duluth; 
Ischmocarpa specimens were captured Sept. 3 in Itasca Co., and rep- 
resentatives of Dacmusa were taken in Roseau Co., Aug. 19. Aspilota 
has been taken in Fillmore Co., and Anisocyrta in Roseau Co. 
