640 REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 



MELITTOBIA Westw. 



M. chalybii Ashm. Parasitic in nest of "Chalybion coeruleum." 

 M. megachilis Pack. Bred from "Megachile" and "Anthophora." 



PERISSOPTERUS How. 



P. pulchellus How. Parasite on "Chionaspis pinifolise" and "Aspidiotus" 

 sp. 



APHELINUS Dalm. 

 A. mali Hald. Parasitic on woolly apple, cabbage and other plant lice. 



A. mytilaspidis LeB. Throughout the State on oyster shell scale and 

 other scales. 



Fig. 259. ^/j/ie/inus fuscipennis : San Jose Scale parasite. 



A. fuscipennis How. Throughout the State, parasitic on the San Jose 



and other scales, sometimes very abundant. 

 A. abnormis How. A parasite on the oyster shell scale. 

 A. diaspidis How. Breeds in "Aulacaspis rosse." 



ABLERUS How. 



A. clisiocampae Ashm. Parasite on the Scurfy and other scales. 



PHYSCUS How. 

 P. varicornis How. Parasitic on "Aspidiotus" and "Chionaspis" sp. 



PROSPALTA How. 



P. aurantii How. Breeds in "Aspidiotus," "Mytilaspis" and other scale 

 species. 



