
BRACON SP. 219 
BRACON SP, 
Classification:—Order, HYMENOPTERA. Family, Braconidae. 
Predaceous upon Scolytus minor, MS. 
Some nearly mature species of a Bracon fly were found 
in a deodar sapling at the end of the first week in June 
in the pupating chambers at the end of the larval galleries 
of the bark-borer Scolytus minor. The tree was growing at 
a low elevation and the eggs were probably laid at the beginning 
of May. The insects were too immature to identify further with 
anycertainty. These flies are evidently parasitic upon the larve 
of the small Scolytus beetle. The eggs are laid by the female 
insect, who probably pierces through the bark and deposits 
them in the larval tunnel or she may place them in the entrance 
tunnel, The young maggot feeds upon the larve and does not 
kill it until it has reached its full growth and gnawed out its 
pupal chamber. 
I have no further observations on the habits of this insect 
at present. 
