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THE STUDY OF IA T SECTS. 



middle of cross-vein III-VII (Fig. 755); but in Faznus 

 (Foe'nus) (Fig. 756) vein V has migrated so far toward the 

 anal furrow that it no longer arises from the cross-vein, and 

 cell V is reduced to a mere areolet. 



These insects are parasitic ; we have bred one species, 



FIG. 757 Evania appendigaster 



FIG. 758. FCFIIUS. 



Evauia appendigaster (E-van'i-a ap-pen-di-gas'ter) (Fig. 757)' 

 from the ootheca of a cockroach, and have found another, 

 a species of Fccnus (Foe'nus) (Fig. 758), common on flowers. 

 We have named these insects Ensign-flies, because they 

 carry the abdomen aloft like a flag. 



Family CHALCIDID^E (Chal-cid'i-dae). 

 Tlic CJutlcis-flics. 



The Chalcis-flies are among the smaller of the parasitic 

 Hymenoptera. In fact they are usually minute insects, 

 often not more than one one-hundredth of an inch in length ; 

 on the other hand, a few of our species are much larger, a 

 common one measuring three eighths of an inch in length. 



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They are nearly always black, with strong metallic reflec- 



FIG. itfj.Dilophogaster californica. 



FIG. 760. ApJiycus entptor. 



tions, although some species are yellow. The head is 

 usually large ; the prothorax does not extend back on each 



