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7. Flagellar joints after third, moniliform spilosomatis 



Flagellar joints after third, long-oval sphingis 



8. Pedicel longer than first flagellar joint, legs whitish, femora 



and tibize tinged with brown, flagellar joints transverse 



geometrse 

 Pedicel shorter than first flagellar joint 9 



9. Legs honey-yellow, flagellar joints longer than thick arzamae 



Legs reddish yellow, flagellar joints round, moniliform . . . 



nigriscapus 



10, First abdominal segment not striate chrysopae 



First abdominal segment striate heliothidis 



11, Length 0.6 mm.; marginal vein one-third length of stigmal 



clisiocampae 

 Length I mm.; marginal vein half length of stigmal fiskei 



°T. dimmocki Ash mead. 



Black, shining ; mesonotum microscopically punctate, scutellum 

 polished, impunctate. Female: antennae black, the scape pale at 

 base and the pedicel at tip; legs brownish yellow; coxae black, 

 femora, except tips, fuscous. Male with scape and legs yellow, 

 coxae dusky, flagellum light brown. Length 0.8- i.i mm. 



Is probably parasitic on the eggs of Podisus spinosus. 



°T. nigriscapus Ashmead. 



Black, shining, the thorax with a fine white pubescence ; head 

 very broad, the face polished. Female: scape of antennae black, 

 flagellum brown-black, and tip of pedicel yellow ; legs black ; tro- 

 chanters, anterior tibiae, and all knees and tarsi honey-yellow. 

 Male with the legs and coxae reddish yellow; antennae pale 

 brown, the scape paler. Length 0.7-0.9 mm. 



°T. persimilis Ashmead. I 



Black, shining, the thorax distinctly punctulate, subopaque, 

 pubescent. Head polished/ alutaceous toward the vertex. Legs 

 rufous, the coxae black. Antennae black, the pedicel yellow at tip. 

 Length 1.5 mm. 



°T. graptae Howard. 



Black, shining, the vertex subopaque. Female: legs piceous- 

 brown, almost black; trochanters, knees, tips of tibiae, and tarsi 

 pale; antennae entirely black. Male with the antennal scape 

 black and the flagellum brown ; legs a little paler than in the fe- 

 male. Length 0.6-1 mm. 



Parasitic on various Lepidoptera, as follows: (Grapta) Poly- 



