﻿CHALCID-FLIES 
  OF 
  GENUS 
  PSEUDAPHYCUS 
  GAHAN 
  315 
  

  

  and 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  distinctly 
  shining 
  dorsally 
  and 
  with 
  similar 
  sculpture 
  

   vent 
  rally. 
  Ovipositor 
  exserted 
  one-fourth 
  to 
  one-third 
  the 
  length 
  

   of 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  }fale. 
  — 
  Length 
  0.8 
  mm. 
  Similar 
  to 
  female 
  except 
  as 
  follows: 
  

   Funicular 
  segments 
  subequal 
  in 
  length, 
  but 
  successively 
  increasing 
  in 
  

   width 
  from 
  first 
  to 
  last, 
  the 
  fifth 
  about 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  pedicel 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  

   broader 
  than 
  long; 
  club 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  funicle; 
  abdomen 
  shorter 
  

   than 
  thorax, 
  nearly 
  circular 
  in 
  outline, 
  blackish 
  dorsally 
  and 
  ventrally 
  

   with 
  yellowish 
  lateral 
  margins 
  above 
  and 
  beneath 
  except 
  at 
  cerci, 
  

   where 
  the 
  black 
  on 
  dorsum 
  extends 
  to 
  the 
  margins. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  Winchester, 
  Va. 
  

  

  Type.—V. 
  S. 
  X. 
  M. 
  No. 
  57324. 
  

  

  lie 
  marks. 
  — 
  Described 
  from 
  numerous 
  specimens 
  received 
  from 
  

   D. 
  W. 
  Clancy 
  of 
  the 
  Charlottesville, 
  Va., 
  laboratory 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  

   Entomology 
  and 
  Plant 
  Quarantine 
  and 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  reared 
  from 
  

   Fseudococcus 
  virgatus 
  (Cockerell) 
  collected 
  at 
  Winchester, 
  Va., 
  June 
  

   20, 
  1944, 
  and 
  recorded 
  under 
  laboratory 
  note 
  Nos. 
  67G, 
  677, 
  678, 
  and 
  

   681. 
  Other 
  specimens 
  identified 
  as 
  this 
  species 
  were 
  reared 
  from 
  the 
  

   same 
  host 
  collected 
  at 
  Winchester, 
  May 
  31, 
  1944, 
  under 
  laboratory 
  No. 
  

   638; 
  August 
  4, 
  1943, 
  laboratory 
  No. 
  529; 
  August 
  3, 
  1944, 
  laboratory 
  

   No. 
  850; 
  and 
  at 
  Hamilton, 
  Va., 
  August 
  12, 
  1943, 
  laboratory 
  No. 
  530, 
  

   and 
  May 
  30, 
  1944, 
  laboratory 
  Nos. 
  634 
  and 
  635. 
  

  

  2. 
  PSEUDAPHYCUS 
  PROSOPIDIS 
  Timberlake 
  

   P-< 
  udaphyrus 
  prosopidin 
  TiMiJFmL.\KK, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  50, 
  p. 
  571, 
  1916. 
  

  

  Described 
  from 
  Mesilla, 
  N. 
  Mex., 
  as 
  a 
  parasite 
  of 
  Fseudococcus 
  

   prosopidh 
  ( 
  Cockerell 
  ) 
  . 
  

  

  I. 
  PSEUDAPHYCUS 
  GRAMINICOLA 
  Timberlake 
  

  

  Pfifudaphyrus 
  graminUola 
  Ti.mbeklake, 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nut. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  50, 
  p. 
  570, 
  1916. 
  

  

  Kecorded 
  by 
  Timberlake 
  as 
  parasitizing 
  pseudococcine 
  scales 
  on 
  

   tStipa 
  sp. 
  at 
  Las 
  Vegas, 
  N. 
  Mex., 
  and 
  on 
  Elymus 
  condctu'<atus 
  at 
  Kim- 
  

   balls, 
  Utah. 
  The 
  host 
  insect 
  involved 
  in 
  the 
  record 
  from 
  Stipa 
  sp. 
  

   has 
  recently 
  been 
  ideiifified 
  by 
  Aforrison 
  as 
  Trionyiuu.s 
  ncomcxicamus 
  

   var. 
  utahercHis 
  (Cockerell) 
  . 
  The 
  host 
  on 
  fJhjnius 
  remains 
  unidentified. 
  

  

  4. 
  PSEUDAPHYCUS 
  UTILIS 
  TlmbcrUke 
  

  

  pMMila^hycuH 
  ufiliH 
  TiMfJE:Ri..\KK, 
  proc. 
  Hiiwriiiaii 
  Kiit. 
  Soc, 
  vol. 
  ."">, 
  p. 
  .'{23, 
  Akh. 
  1-4, 
  

   lfrj3.— 
  SwcETi', 
  Pr.tc. 
  Hiiwaiiiui 
  Kiit. 
  Soc. 
  vol. 
  .1, 
  p. 
  »U, 
  11)2:{. 
  — 
  Ti.MitFniLAKK, 
  

   Proc. 
  llawaiiiiri 
  Eiit. 
  Soc., 
  vol. 
  .""), 
  p. 
  431. 
  WS.i. 
  — 
  Williams. 
  IlMinlborik 
  of 
  iii.vtrts 
  

   Jiiid 
  other 
  iiiv(Ttcl>ratt's 
  of 
  Hawaiian 
  su^j.-ir 
  cane 
  flchlH. 
  ]). 
  L'ri.'i, 
  lll.'n.- 
  Swkzky, 
  

   Pror. 
  nth 
  Pafiflc 
  Sol. 
  Con^rr. 
  (Canada, 
  19:{.3), 
  vol. 
  .'>, 
  [». 
  rj.WJ, 
  H>34.— 
  PrMBianoN, 
  

   Hawaiian 
  Planters 
  Hoc, 
  vol. 
  45, 
  p. 
  lOO, 
  1J>41. 
  — 
  Anon., 
  Puerto 
  Hico 
  Kxp. 
  Stat. 
  

   Hrj.t. 
  for 
  imo. 
  p. 
  68. 
  lt)42. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  a 
  parasite 
  of 
  PseudococoiM 
  nipae 
  (Maskell) 
  and 
  was 
  

   originally 
  described 
  from 
  the 
  state 
  of 
  Veracniz, 
  Mexico. 
  It 
  was 
  intro- 
  

  

  