ORDER HTM1 ERA. 





Family Bracon: • :r ""i 



the Ichneura 



wings, and by I 



II, and, with th< 

 tion cf iii'.y, the Aphi- 



dime, by the non i 



irticulati tween 1 1 1 *_- 



rod :ui<l third abdominal - 

 mei I» iluir ha 



.•tin! general ap] 



differ from ordinary Ichneun 

 though, aa a rule, of smaller 

 The group is I by 



con and r; the 



the lat 

 cylindrical ther within 



the iterpillars, <t fas 



them in a thick a 

 terior. 'I'll f A.phi 



:in- parasitic in A.phid< 



Family Chalcididae The fore 

 wings are u 



ttrinr margin of the prothorax not 



the 

 the 

 end «'f the abdomen. The < frai- 

 lly minute; many <>f 

 them "f beautiful shades of gn 

 with metallic reflections. A 

 ily proportion of them 

 ndary p 



rypical 

 Linn., Fi_' 21 



is i< the w heal joint-worm, no! l>< i 

 uii\ Proctotrupid* In these minul 

 them are, the prothorax i \ 

 the ovipositor isss m the end 



domen. The w nd in 



minuter 



blltl 



larva: ./. pu] 





l( !U1- 



other i: 

 Hymenopt< 

 e-nineti 

 '.ecinidae.— In thi 

 the ai and thn a I 



abdomen is clavate, while that of thr femah 

 poij/eerator Drury. 





