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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  vol. 
  »« 
  

  

  alveolate 
  sculpturing 
  ; 
  inner 
  orbits 
  parallel 
  for 
  most 
  of 
  their 
  length 
  ; 
  

   ocelli 
  forming 
  a 
  slightly 
  acute 
  triangle 
  ; 
  anterior 
  ocellus 
  about 
  one 
  and 
  

   a 
  half 
  times 
  the 
  width 
  of 
  f 
  rontovertex 
  above 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  scrobal 
  cavity 
  ; 
  

   lateral 
  ocellus 
  less 
  than 
  its 
  own 
  diameter 
  from 
  eye 
  margin 
  and 
  more 
  

   than 
  its 
  diameter 
  from 
  occipital 
  margin 
  ; 
  eyes 
  with, 
  distinct 
  short 
  pile. 
  

   Antenna 
  clavate; 
  scape 
  not 
  expanded 
  beneath, 
  slightly 
  broader 
  at 
  

   middle 
  than 
  at 
  either 
  end, 
  four 
  times 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  broad 
  ; 
  pedicel 
  about 
  

   one-third 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  scape, 
  very 
  nearly 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  first 
  four 
  funicular 
  

   segments 
  combined; 
  funicular 
  segments 
  all 
  broader 
  than 
  long, 
  suc- 
  

   cessively 
  increasing 
  in 
  thickness 
  from 
  first 
  to 
  last, 
  the 
  basal 
  segments 
  

   distinctly 
  narrower 
  than 
  pedicel, 
  last 
  segment 
  about 
  as 
  broad 
  as 
  

   pedicel; 
  club 
  large, 
  broader 
  than 
  last 
  funicular 
  segment 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  

   longer 
  than 
  entire 
  funicle. 
  

  

  Mesoscutum, 
  axillae, 
  and 
  scutellum 
  uniformly 
  granulosely 
  punctate, 
  

   mat; 
  propodeum 
  smooth; 
  mesopleuron 
  distinctly 
  finely 
  reticulate- 
  

   punctate, 
  subopaque. 
  Forewing 
  with 
  rather 
  dense 
  discal 
  ciliation, 
  

   the 
  cilia 
  basad 
  of 
  speculum 
  a 
  little 
  coarser 
  than 
  those 
  beyond 
  ; 
  speculum 
  

   closed 
  posteriorly 
  by 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  rows 
  of 
  hairs, 
  otherwise 
  uninter- 
  

   rupted; 
  marginal 
  vein 
  punctiform; 
  stigmal 
  vein 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  

   postmarginal. 
  

  

  Abdomen 
  short 
  ovate, 
  slightly 
  narrower 
  and 
  a 
  little 
  shorter 
  than 
  

   thorax, 
  very 
  weakly 
  reticulated 
  and 
  shining 
  dorsally, 
  and 
  practically 
  

   smooth 
  ventrally. 
  Ovipositor 
  exserted 
  about 
  one-fourth 
  the 
  length 
  

   of 
  abdomen. 
  

  

  Male. 
  — 
  Length 
  0.75 
  mm. 
  Similar 
  in 
  practically 
  every 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  

   female 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  abdomen 
  is 
  nearly 
  circular 
  in 
  outline, 
  obviously 
  

   shorter 
  and 
  narrower 
  than 
  the 
  thorax 
  and 
  blackish 
  medially 
  with 
  the 
  

   margins 
  broadly 
  yellowish. 
  

  

  T'i/pe 
  locality. 
  — 
  Hamilton, 
  Va. 
  

  

  Type.—V.S.'^.M. 
  No. 
  57330. 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  — 
  Holotype 
  female, 
  allotype, 
  and 
  13 
  paratypes 
  reared 
  July 
  

   5, 
  1943, 
  from 
  Pseudococcus 
  virgatus 
  (Cockerell) 
  , 
  collected 
  at 
  Hamilton, 
  

   Va., 
  and 
  received 
  from 
  D. 
  W. 
  Clancy 
  of 
  the 
  Charlottesville, 
  Va., 
  lab- 
  

   oratory 
  under 
  No. 
  628 
  ; 
  also 
  35 
  paratypes 
  reared 
  May 
  16, 
  1944, 
  from 
  

   the 
  same 
  host 
  collected 
  at 
  Batesville, 
  Va., 
  under 
  Clancy's 
  No. 
  611. 
  

   Many 
  additional 
  specimens 
  reared 
  by 
  Clancy 
  from 
  P. 
  virgatus 
  col- 
  

   lected 
  at 
  Hamilton, 
  Batesville, 
  Crozet, 
  Winchester, 
  Greenwood, 
  and 
  

   Covesville, 
  Va., 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  identified 
  as 
  this 
  species 
  but 
  not 
  

   considered 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  series. 
  

  

  16, 
  PSEUDAPHYCUS 
  ALVEOLATIFRONS. 
  new 
  species 
  

  

  Differs 
  from 
  all 
  other 
  forms 
  studied 
  in 
  the 
  coarser 
  and 
  much 
  more 
  

   distinct 
  alveolate 
  sculpture 
  and 
  paler 
  orange-yellow 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  

   frontovertex. 
  

  

  