THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



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tips; antennfe dark; legs yellow with hind femora dusky in middle; 

 wings hyaline with dark brown veins. 



Distribution. — Occurs in the southern part of the State. 



Hosts. — Parasitic upon red scale {Chrysomphalus aurantii). 



Coccophagus lecanii (Fitch.) (Family Eulophidse). 

 (Fig. 281.) 



General Appearance.— The adults are scarcely one eighth of an inch 

 long, dark bluish-black in color with a very noticeable and character- 

 istic yellow scutellum. The antenna? and the legs, excepting the dark 

 femora, are amber. 



Distribution. — Exceedingly common throughout the entire southern 

 and central parts of the State. 



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Fig. 281. — Coccophagus lecanii (Fitch). (After Howard. Courtesy Cal. 



Exp. Sta.) 



Hosts. — A very effective parasite on soft-brown scale {Coccus hes- 

 peridum), European fruit scale {Lecanium corni) and frosted scale 

 {Eulecanium pruinosum). In fact it may be reared from almost any 

 of the members of the above genera. 



THE RASPBERRY HORN-TAIL. 



Hartigia crcssoiii (Family Siricivlse). 



{Hartigia ahdominalis.) 



(Fig. 282.) 



General Appearance. — The adults are slender wasp-like insects, little 

 more than one half inch long and very active fliers. The females are 

 yellow with dark markings, while in the males black predominates with 

 very little yellow. The eggs are pearly white and oblong with a curved 

 point at one end. The full-grown larvse are white with dark head and 

 tip and are nearly one inch long. They are almost the shape of a letter 

 "S" and have a very noticeable point at the tail end. The pupae vary 

 from the color and shape of the larvae to those of the adults. 



Life History. — The winter is passed within the canes of the host 

 plants in the larval and pupal stages. The adults emerge in April and 



