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Economy of Chalcidiee. By Francis Walker, Esq., F.L.S. 



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The accompanying three figures represent Ormyrus 

 punctiger, Aphelinus basalis, and Coccophagus scutellaris. 

 Ormyrus is the typical genus of the Ormyridae, and is pecu- 

 liar in the sculpture of the abdomen j the species inhabit 



OHMYEUS PUNCTIGER. 



APHELINUS BASALIS. 



galls as parasites. O. punctiger is not rare in England, but 

 never occurs in abundance; it extends far to the north, and 

 I have found it near the North Cape. Aphelinus basalis and 

 Coccophagus scutellaris represent the Myinidas : this family 

 is most allied to the Encyrtidae ; the species are all of very 

 small size : some infest Cocci, others Aphides : like the 



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