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Adults of a species of Tetrastichus, of which the specific determination 
was not given, have been reported as having been reared, together with 
B . funebris , from red clover collected as follows: 
E. C. Titus, March 20, 1905, Daggett, 
Mich. 
E. M. Webster, May 24, 1906, Chambers- 
burg, Pa, 
E. M. Webster, May 24, 1906, Milton, Pa. 
E. M. Webster, January 24, 1906, State 
College, Pa. 
E. M. Webster, January 31, 1906, Leb¬ 
anon, N. H. 
E. M. Webster, January 22, 1906, Tyngs- 
boro, Mass. 
W. J. Morse, May 24,1906, Burlington, Vt. 
W. B. Hall, March 19, 1906, Wakeman, 
Ohio. 
G. I. Reeves, January 22, 1907, Pine City, 
Minn. 
J. B. Weems, June 14, 1906, Crewe, Va. 
J. L. Phillips, April 5, 1905, Blacksburg, 
Va. 
W. J. Phillips, November 8, 1904, Bon- 
sack, Va. 
J. L. Phillips, August 30, 1905, Port 
Wayne, Ind. 
G. I. Reeves, December 9, 1904, Lincoln, 
Nebr. 
L. Bruner, March 1, 1905, Lincoln, Nebr. 
W. J. Phillips, October 21, 1906, Rich¬ 
mond, Ind. 
G. I. Reeves, November 1, 1906, Mar¬ 
quette, Mich. 
G. I. Reeves, November 1, 1906, Chat¬ 
ham, Mich. 
G. I. Reeves, November 3, 1906, Sault 
Ste. Marie, Mich. 
G. I. Reeves, November 24, 1906, Com¬ 
ing, N. Y. 
C. V. Piper, September, 1907, Turkestan, 
Asia. 
C. N. Ainslie, October, 1907, Jefferson, 
Ohio. 
CLASSIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION 
Tetrastichus bruchophagi Gahan belongs to the hymenopterous super- 
family Chalcidoidea, family Eulophidae, and subfamily Tetrastichinae. 
It was described as a new species by Mr. A. B. Gahan, 1 of the Bureau of 
Entomology, from type specimens reared by the writer from B. funebris 
infesting alfalfa seeds at Corcoran, Cal. Mr. Gahan's description follows. 
Tetrastichus bruchophagi. Female.—Length 1.8 mm. Antennal pedicel and the 
three funicle joints subequal in length, the club about as long as the two last funicle 
joints combined; head not wider than the thorax; malar space long, equaling or 
nearly equaling the height of the eyes; whole head finely lineolated with a few round 
punctures on the cheeks; prothorax finely punctured; mesoscutum and scutellum 
finely lineolated, the parapsidal grooves deep and broad, the median line of the meso¬ 
scutum distinct but fine; two longitudinal grooves on the mesoscutellum very distinct, 
the distance between them not equal to half the length of the scutellum; metanotum 
about half as long as the propodeum and faintly sculptured; propodeum with faint 
subreticulate sculpture similar to that of the metanotum, the median carina distinct; 
abdomen conic ovate, as long as head and thorax. 
Color dark blue-green; antennae very dark brownish, the apex of scape below, and 
underside of pedicel paler; all coxae, trochanters, and femorae greenish black; apices 
of all femorae, all tibiae, and the tarsi, except apical joint, pale yellow. 
Male.—Similar to the female except for secondary sexual characters. 
Type locality.—Corcoran, Cal. 
1 Gahan, A. B. New Hymenoptera from North America. In Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., v. 46, p. 431-443, 
pi. 39. 1914. 
