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THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



PARASITE OF THE COMMON MELON APHIS. 



Apliidiiix Irxhici iiics (("rt'ssoul (Family Braconida^).* 



{L[/.sii)lil<hii.s tesfoceipes Cresson.) 

 (Fig. 263.) 



General Appearance. — The adults are exceedingly small to develop 

 within the bodies of the plant lice, being but seven hundredths of an 

 inch long. The liodies are very slender, dull nr shiny black, with legs. 



Fig. 26o. — ApJiidius testaceipes (Cr. ) on left; Churipft xdnthiipsis (Ashm. ) on right. 

 A, wings; B and C, antennae; D, abdomen of female; E, abdomen of male. (Essig, 

 P. C. Jr. Ent.) 



antenna^ and base of abdomens pale amber. The wings are hyaline and 

 iridescent with pale amber stigma. The adult females of these true par- 



*The writer is indebted to Harry S. Smith for information concerning these 

 h.ymenopterous parasites, and for aid in placing them in the proper families. 



