﻿THE 
  INSECTS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  JERSEY. 
  651 
  

  

  Super-family 
  PROCTOTRYPOIDEA. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  series 
  we 
  have 
  species 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  ovipositor 
  is 
  retractile 
  into 
  

   and 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen. 
  All 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  parasites, 
  and 
  

   all 
  stages 
  of 
  other 
  insects 
  may 
  be 
  infested. 
  The 
  tendency 
  is 
  to 
  com- 
  

   pleteness 
  of 
  venation, 
  and 
  the 
  antennas 
  are 
  usually 
  straight. 
  Among 
  

   them 
  are 
  the 
  smallest 
  of 
  the 
  parasites, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  some 
  of 
  

   them 
  are 
  of 
  good 
  size. 
  The 
  late 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Ashmead 
  has 
  added 
  much 
  

   to 
  our 
  knowledge 
  of 
  this 
  super-family, 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  his 
  results 
  are 
  in- 
  

   cluded 
  here. 
  

  

  Family 
  DIAPRIID^. 
  

  

  TRICHOPRIA 
  Ashm. 
  

   T. 
  carolinensis 
  Ashm. 
  Occurs 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  Jersey 
  district. 
  

  

  DIAPRIA 
  Latr. 
  

   D. 
  agromyzae 
  Fitch. 
  Reared 
  from 
  "Agromyza 
  tritici." 
  

   D. 
  meromyzas 
  Fitch. 
  Parasitic 
  on 
  the 
  wheat-stem 
  maggot. 
  

  

  TROPIDOPRIA 
  Ashm. 
  

   T. 
  conica 
  Fab. 
  Reared 
  from 
  the 
  drone-fly, 
  "Eristalis 
  tenax." 
  

  

  LOXOTROPA 
  Forst. 
  

   L. 
  pegomyiae 
  Brues. 
  A 
  parasite 
  of 
  the 
  cabbage 
  maggot. 
  

  

  GALESUS 
  Curtis. 
  

   G. 
  politus 
  Say. 
  Found 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  Jersey 
  district. 
  

  

  PARAMESIUS 
  Westw. 
  

  

  P. 
  terminatus 
  Say. 
  New 
  Jersey 
  district. 
  

  

  Family 
  BELYTID.^. 
  

  

  XENOTOMA 
  Forst. 
  

   X. 
  xanthopus 
  Ashm. 
  Occurs 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  Jersey 
  district. 
  

  

  BELYTA 
  Jur. 
  

   B. 
  frontalis 
  Ashm. 
  Should 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  LEPTORHAPTUS 
  FSrst. 
  

   L. 
  conicus 
  Ashm. 
  Occurs 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  Jersey 
  district. 
  

  

  