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DESCRIPTION 



Ditropinotus aureoviridis is more closely related to the species of 

 Pseuderimerus than to other parasites of the hessian fly, but the 

 females may be distinguished from species of that genus by the 



Figure 6. 



-Ditropinotus aureoviridis Crawford : A, Adult female, X 20 ; B, adult 

 male, X 17. 





distinctly 7- jointed funicle, the presence of two longitudinal carinae 

 on the propodeum, the presence of weak serrations on the ventral 

 margin of hind femur apically, the distinctly bicalcarate hind tibia, 

 the longer ovipisitor, the much larger size, and the wholly yellowish 



