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first joint of fiinicle as long as the second ; legs teddisn- 

 honey color ; hind femora somewhat darkened and with a 

 small spot with metallic reflections ; abdomen no longer 

 than propodeum. 



" Habitat.— B-dngn,\oYe, Mysore, India." 



A minute egg parasite less than '3 mm has been noticed 

 recently in very large numbers. It has a yellow body and 

 red eyes. The eggs attacked by this hymenopteran turn 

 blackish in a couple of days after oviposition and the deve- 

 lopment is completed in about ten days, the adult coming 

 out through a neat hole made at the broad end of the egg 

 shell. The species has not yet been identified. 



Fia. 12. — Pediculoides ventri- 

 C03U3 ? in an 

 early stage. 



FiQ. 13. — Pediculoides ventri cosua ? a gravid female. 



A fourth enemy is a species of mite, probably Pedicu- 

 loides ventricosus, described as a pest on the broad bean 

 weevil^ (Fig. 12) which attacks the larva, pupa and the adult 

 inside the papal chamber. The enormously swollen abdo- 

 men of the gravid female (Fig. 13) all but conceals the rest 

 of the body. Before this advanced stage of maturity, the 

 female resembles the male mite which is very minute and both 

 may be found at times moving among the seeds in large num- 

 bers. The body is about thrice as long as broad and is 



>. Chittenden. Tlie Broad Bean Weevil. 

 BuUetiu No. 96. Part V, 1912. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



