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 Physcus fijiensis n. sp. 



Female: Length 1.1 mm.; expanse 2.17 mm.; greatest width of fore-wing 

 0.374 mm. Body rather stout, two and one-half times longer than broad; 

 head nearly half as long as thorax, abdomen slightly longer than thorax, 

 wings reaching well behind tip of abdomen, and about as broad as thorax. 

 Mesoscutellum about as long as broad, well rounded caudad and roundly 

 constricted cephalad. Mesoscutum and scutellum strongly longitudinally 

 shagreened, scutellum with two round spots from each of which the sha- 

 green cells radiate like a rosette. Stigmal vein slender with only a slight 

 knob. General color dark brown, metanotum and center of abdomen 

 dark yellowish, funicle joints two and three of the antennae white, tip of 

 club whitish, remainder of antenna? nearly black; middle legs yellowish, 

 hind legs light yellowish; front femora and tibia? brown. Wings hyaline. 



Described from seven female specimens reared by Albert Koebele, 

 October 24, 1899, Sava, Fi ji, from an A spidiotus on a semi-climbing 

 rutaceous vine. 



Type: No. 18317, U. S. N. M. 



This species will probably, in large series, be found to vary in 

 thoracic coloration since in two of the specimens the mesoscutd- 

 lum has a central longitudinal yellowish stripe, while the meso- 

 scutum has two such stripes parallel the one to the other. 



Physcus gracilis n. sp. 



Female: Length 0.918 mm.; expanse 1.97 mm.; greatest width of fore- 

 wing 0.289 mm. Body slender, thorax more than twice as long as broad; 

 mesoscutellum elongate, longer than broad, scapula impinging on a straight 

 line; fore-wings long, extending when closed very considerably beyond the 

 tip of the abdomen, the stigmal vein just about reaching the abdomen tip. 

 Mesoscutum very faintly longitudinally shagreened; stigmal vein very 

 slightly enlarged at tip. General color reddish yellow, lighter at tip of 

 abdomen and deeper and darker at front border of mesoscutum ; legs con- 

 colorous with body; scape, pedicel and funicle joints 2 and 3 of the antennse 

 white, first funicle joint and club dark brown. 



Described from seven females from Perth, West Australia, Geo. 

 Compere (Compere's No. 981) and one from ,s \vau River, West 

 Australia (Compere's No. 810). Apparently reared from a 

 Lepidosaphes. 



Type: No. 18318, U. S. N. M. 



Physcus townsendi n. sp. 



Female: Length 0.986 mm.; expanse 2.07 mm.; greatest width of fore- 

 wing 0.374 mm. A stout-bodied form with ovipositor well cxtnidrd. 

 Mesoscutellum wider than long, sharply angled against scapula? and scutum. 

 Mesonotum faintly longitudinally shagreened. Stigmal club largi-r than 



