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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 tibiae tinged with brown, flagellar joints transverse 



geometrae 

 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 



clisiocampas 

 Length 1 mm.; marginal vein half length of stigmal fiskei 



T. dimmocki Ashmead. 



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 0.8-1. 1 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. 



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- 



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