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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  oe 
  

  

  Frontovertex 
  unusually 
  narrow, 
  fully 
  three 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad, 
  

   gi'anulosely 
  punctate 
  ; 
  inner 
  orbits 
  parallel 
  or 
  very 
  nearly 
  so 
  ; 
  ocellar 
  

   triangle 
  strongly 
  acute, 
  posterior 
  ocelli 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  distance 
  equal 
  

   to 
  r.bout 
  one 
  to 
  one 
  and 
  one-half 
  times 
  the 
  diameter 
  of 
  an 
  ocellus, 
  

   nearly 
  twice 
  as 
  far 
  from 
  anterior 
  ocellus 
  as 
  from 
  each 
  other, 
  almost 
  

   touching 
  the 
  eye 
  margins 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  diameter 
  of 
  an 
  

   ocellus 
  from 
  the 
  occipital 
  margin; 
  anterior 
  ocellus 
  situated 
  a 
  little 
  

   above 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  frontovertex; 
  eyes 
  large, 
  with 
  very 
  short 
  and 
  

   inconspicuous 
  pile. 
  Antennae 
  strongly 
  clavate 
  ; 
  scape 
  distinctly 
  a 
  1 
  ittle 
  

   exj^anded 
  beneath, 
  widest 
  beyond 
  middle, 
  very 
  slightly 
  less 
  than 
  four 
  

   times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad; 
  pedicel 
  about 
  one-third 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  scape 
  

   and 
  about 
  equal 
  to 
  first 
  four 
  segments 
  of 
  f 
  unicle 
  combined 
  ; 
  funicular 
  

   segments 
  all 
  wider 
  than 
  long, 
  successively 
  increasing 
  in 
  width 
  from 
  

   first 
  to 
  last, 
  the 
  first 
  segment 
  narrower 
  than 
  pedicel, 
  the 
  fifth 
  segment 
  

   the 
  largest 
  and 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  long; 
  club 
  solid, 
  distinctly 
  

   broader 
  than 
  last 
  funicular 
  segment, 
  and 
  approximately 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  

   pedicel 
  and 
  funicle 
  combined. 
  

  

  Mesoscutum, 
  scutellum, 
  and 
  axillae 
  finely 
  sculptured 
  but 
  not 
  wholly 
  

   mat, 
  clothed 
  with 
  short 
  whitish 
  hairs 
  ; 
  propodeum 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining; 
  

   mesopleuron 
  weakly 
  sculptured. 
  Forewing 
  with 
  speculum 
  closed 
  at 
  

   posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  wing 
  and 
  also 
  interrupted 
  a 
  little 
  behind 
  tlie 
  

   middle 
  ; 
  discal 
  ciliation 
  distad 
  of 
  speculum 
  short 
  and 
  moderately 
  dense, 
  

   proximad 
  of 
  speculum 
  a 
  little 
  coarser 
  and 
  not 
  quite 
  so 
  dense 
  ; 
  marginal 
  

   vein 
  punctiform, 
  postmarginal 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  marginal, 
  stigmal 
  

   distinctly 
  longer 
  than 
  marginal 
  and 
  postmarginal 
  combined. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  thorax 
  and 
  usually 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  thorax, 
  

   ovate, 
  weakly 
  sculptured 
  dorsally, 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining 
  ventraily; 
  

   ovipositor 
  sheaths 
  exserted 
  about 
  half 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Length 
  0.7 
  mm. 
  Closely 
  resembling 
  female 
  but 
  with 
  fronto- 
  

   vertex 
  only 
  slightly 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  ; 
  anterior 
  ocellus 
  

   located 
  very 
  nearly 
  at 
  middle 
  of 
  frontovertex; 
  abdomen 
  no 
  longer 
  

   than 
  thorax 
  and 
  subcircular 
  in 
  outline. 
  

  

  In 
  some 
  specimens 
  of 
  both 
  sexes 
  the 
  prescutum 
  is 
  narrowly 
  bordered 
  

   anteriorly 
  with 
  black 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  males 
  the 
  ocellar 
  triangle 
  is 
  blackish. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  — 
  Cuba. 
  

  

  Ty/^e.— 
  U.S.N.M. 
  No. 
  57327. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  Described 
  from 
  26 
  females 
  and 
  4 
  males, 
  all 
  intercepted 
  

   at 
  quarantine, 
  at 
  three 
  different 
  ports 
  of 
  entry, 
  on 
  shipments 
  of 
  pine- 
  

   apples 
  originating 
  in 
  Cuba 
  and 
  in 
  each 
  case 
  infested 
  with 
  mealybugs 
  

   (probably 
  Pseudococcus 
  hrevipes 
  Cockerell). 
  In 
  most 
  instances 
  the 
  

   parasites 
  were 
  actually 
  reared 
  from 
  the 
  mealybugs. 
  The 
  holotype 
  

   female 
  and 
  two 
  female 
  paratypes 
  were 
  reared 
  at 
  Detroit, 
  Mich., 
  April 
  

   18, 
  1932, 
  by 
  W. 
  W. 
  Wood, 
  under 
  Detroit 
  No. 
  1094. 
  The 
  allotype 
  and 
  

   three 
  female 
  paratypes 
  were 
  reared 
  April 
  28, 
  1936, 
  at 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  

  

  