. Economic entomology for the farmer and fruit-grower . Apanteles species.—Little mass of cocoons on leaf, replacing an infested larva; a single cocoon below, from which adult has issued ; much enlarged. development and kill the caterpillar before it is much more than half-grown. Many of these cocoon-forming species belong to the genus Mia^ogaster, and they are typical of a very large series in the family. The plant-lice-infesting forms frequently belong to the genus Aphidius. As in the previous family, many of these insects have an external ovipositor. While the preceding series of parasites
. Economic entomology for the farmer and fruit-grower . Apanteles species.—Little mass of cocoons on leaf, replacing an infested larva; a single cocoon below, from which adult has issued ; much enlarged. development and kill the caterpillar before it is much more than half-grown. Many of these cocoon-forming species belong to the genus Mia^ogaster, and they are typical of a very large series in the family. The plant-lice-infesting forms frequently belong to the genus Aphidius. As in the previous family, many of these insects have an external ovipositor. While the preceding series of parasites contain a very fair pro- portion of large species, the next family, Chalcidid<z^ contains
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