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parasite has been separated from the other and characterised; 

 but with a view of assisting in the exact determination, I now 

 describe it under the name Lestojyhonus monojMehi, and in addition 

 make the original description of L. iceryce more complete. 



Lestophonus icery^, Williston. 



(J.— Long. 0-050inch, l-27mm. 9.— Long. 0-080inch, 2-02mm. 

 Antennae black, the large terminal joint squarish at the apex, with 

 a microscopic spine before the apex above. Eyes reddish brown, 

 rather longer and narrower than in L. mono'plilebi. Ocelli disposed 

 in a rather narrower triangle than in L. 7nonopMehi. Face, front, 

 thorax and scutellum deep blue, subnitidous. Abdomen deep 

 shining green, punctulate. Coxae, femora, and tibiae dark brown, 

 or blackish-brown ; all the tarsi brownish-yellow. Wings greyish- 

 hyaline, the veins dark brown. Course of the auxiliary vein 

 indicated by a very pale line 



riuining close to -y*"**"^^ ^^•-— ' — "^'^ ^^® ^^st longitu- 



dinal ; reaching ^ ) thecosta; slightly 



yellowish at the ^ tj^^""""" --.^7 y base.. First 



longitudinal \\ ^"\^^^^^^„/ vein more or less 



angular at the bend. Middle 



transverse vein situated a little before the tip of the first longitu- 

 dinal and much nearer to the origin of the second longitu- 

 dinal than to the hinder transverse vein. Ultimate section of 

 the fifth longitudinal vein more than twice the length of the 

 hinder transverse vein. 



Bred from leery a Purchasi^ Mask., in February. 



Lestophonus monophlebi, sp.n. 



9. — Long. 0*070 inch, I'TTmm. Antennae black, the large ter- 

 minal joint rounded at the apex, with a microscopic tubercle before 

 the apex above. Eyes reddish-brown, shorter and broader than 

 in L. icerycb. Face, front, thorax and scutellum deep blue, 

 levigate. Abdomen generally deep shining purplish-black, indis- 

 tinctly punctulate. Coxae, femora and tibiae very deep blue ; all 



