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Fig. 9. 



-Geniocerus chrysopae. 



ANTENNA. 



Female 



twice as long as metanoturn, without a median carina, the spiracles 

 very large, round, prominent; submarginal vein with two bristles; 

 femora dark brown, tibiae and tarsi, 

 except apical joint, yellowish white. 



Habitat. — Batesburg, South Caro- 

 lina. 



Type.— Cat. No. 18380, U.S.N.M. 



Reared from cocoons of Chrysopa 

 in connection with various other 

 parasites under Bureau of Ento- 

 mology, United States Department of Agriculture, Hunter number 

 3414. The lack of a median carina on the propodeum is character- 

 istic of this species. 



GENIOCERUS JUNIPERI, new species. 



Female. — Length about 1.5 mm. Lemon-yellow, with dark brown 

 markings on the rear of head, front of pronotum, a small brown spot 

 on each lateral angle of pronotum, and one on front of axillae; suture 



between mesoscutum and scutellum 

 brown; propodeum medially, spot 

 on each side of abdominal segments 

 and the apical margins of segments 

 more or less suffused with brownish 

 scape yellow with a brown spot 

 above, rest of antennae brownish; 

 joints of funicle elongate (fig. 10); 

 seen under high power, the antennae show three ring joints; head 

 and thorax finely sericeous; median furrow of mesoscutum rather 

 indistinct, median pair of furrows on scutellum about half as 

 far apart as length of scutellum; propodeum with median carina 

 hardly as long as the metanotum; submarginal vein with about 

 four bristles; legs yellow with the apical joint of tarsi brown; 

 venter along median line somewhat brownish; sheaths of ovipositor 

 apically distinctly brown. 



Type-locality. — Ithaca, New York. 

 Type.— Cat. No. 18381, U.S.N.M. 



Described from 11 specimens reared from berries of Juniperus vir- 

 giniana by Mr. S. Marco vitch and sent under his number lot 30, sub 8 

 with the additional information that the species is phytophagous. 

 Paratypes vary in having more brown, the mesoscutum medially 

 with a large brown spot ia front; vertex, parapsidal areas anteriorly, 

 sides of propodeum with brown spots; the abdomen with the brown 

 bands more pronounced. 



FIG. 10.— GENIOCERUS JUNIPERI 



ANTENNA. 



Female 



