. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. The females greatly outnumber the males, by about 10 to 1 (264 to 25 in observed case), and the females seem to issue first, but copulation was observed immediately after emergence, and it is quite probable that many are fertilized before com- ing out. An attempt will be made to propagate this valuable parasite. Description of the new species: Baeus californicus n. sp. A parasite of the eggs of the black widow spider, Latro- dcctes mactans (Fabricius), found on the sand dunes at El Se- gundo,
. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history. The females greatly outnumber the males, by about 10 to 1 (264 to 25 in observed case), and the females seem to issue first, but copulation was observed immediately after emergence, and it is quite probable that many are fertilized before com- ing out. An attempt will be made to propagate this valuable parasite. Description of the new species: Baeus californicus n. sp. A parasite of the eggs of the black widow spider, Latro- dcctes mactans (Fabricius), found on the sand dunes at El Se- gundo, Los Angeles County, California. Type material found by Charles A. Fleschner, Dorothy Pool and W. Dwight PLATE 28 Eggs of Latrodectes mactans from which Baeus californicus as issuing. Magnified approx. x 15. Photo by Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif. : The Academy
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