Pomona College Joi-rnal of Entomoloov 



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C'rosson's Original Description 



"Fcmah — Piccoiis or shining black, smooth and polished, iiiipuncturcd ; 

 .iiriiidiblt'S and palpi pale; antenna- brownish black, sometimes more or less pale 

 beneath, thirteen-jointed, the joints faintly fluted or grooved, the last one longest 

 and thickest; wings iivaline, iridescent, stigma pale; legs, including coxa", yellow- 

 ish-testaceous, the posterior pair generally more or less fuscous or blackish; 

 abdomen often brown or pale piceous, with the first, and sometimes part of the 

 second, segment more or less testaceous. Length 0.07 incli. 



Figure 206. Aphidius testaceipes. ..ii Kli; Charips xanthopsis, <in rlRht. 



"Habitat — Rock Ledge, Florida; Selnia, Ala., and I'oeomoke City, Md. Para- 

 sitic upon an aphid infesting twigs of orange, an aphid on the cotton plant, and 

 Aphis avenae Fabr." 



