328 FAUNA HAWAIIENSIS 



(i) Coccophagus ocln-aceiis Howard. 



1895. Coccophagus ochraceics Howard, Techn. Ser., No. i, U. S. Dep. Agric. 

 Ent., p. 38. 



$. Length 07 mm.; expanse, 1-53 mm. ; greatest width of fore wing, 0*3 mm. 

 Differs at once from all other species of the genus in having the general colour 

 ochraceous or dark honey-yellow instead of black. Head and thorax very finely and 

 sparsely punctate, also very delicately shagreened. Normal notal hairs blackish ; 

 abdomen smooth. General colour, as stated above, dark ochre yellow. Eyes dusky, 

 ocelli dark red. Antennae yellowish, e.xcept pedicel, which is blackish. Mesopleura 

 and terminal segments of abdomen dark brown, nearly black. All legs concolorous 

 with thorax. Wings hyaline, veins uniformly fuscous. 



$. Punctation of notum a trifle more pronounced than with the female, mesonotum 

 appearing slightly rugose ; antennae slighdy dusky. (Howard.) 



Hab. Hawaii : Kilauea, a single specimen taken in August 1896. The species 

 was originally described from Alameda, California, and it has probably been introduced 

 into the Hawaiian Islands. 



(2) Coccophagtts lecanii Fitch. 



1858. Platygaster lecanii Y'ltch, Fifth Rep. Ins. New York, p. 25. 



1878. Coccophagus lecanii Smith (Emily), Amer. Natural., p. 666. — Forbes, 

 Seventh Illinois Rep., p. 129. — 1881. Howard, Rep. U. S. Dep. Agric, 

 pp. 357 — 358. — 1894. Howard, J. Linn. Soc. London, xxv. p. 97. 1895. — 

 Howard, Techn. Sen, No. 1, U. S. Dep. Agric, p. t,2)- — 1898. Dalla Torre, 

 Cat. Hym., v., p. 33. 



%. Length, i mm. ; wing expanse, 2-25 mm. ; greatest width of fore wings, 

 0*42 mm. Antennae as long as the thorax ; head, pronotum, and mesonotum finely and 

 sparsely punctate and furnished with short bristles, punctures of mesoscutum arranged 

 in longitudinal rows. Mesonotum also has a fine shagreening. Mesoscutellum and 

 parapsides of mesoscutum very finely shagreened, without large punctures ; abdomen 

 smooth. General colour black, shining, tegulae brown ; eyes dark reddish-brown ; 

 antennae light brown, with darker longitudinal raised lines on flagellar joints. Hairs of 

 thorax whitish, lighter on mesoscutellum. Last half of mesoscutellum and centre of 

 post-scutellum bright lemon-yellow. Wing veins brown. All femora brown or black, 

 sometimes yellowish at either extremity. All tibiae straw-yellow, with the exception of 

 the posterior pair, which have a brown annulus near base ; all tarsi straw-yellow with 

 the fifth joint dark brown. 



