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determined by Gahan as G. fraternus. So far as can be determined, 

 G. fraternus is not unlike G. fuscipes and not essentially different 

 from G. lecanii (Fitch). In my opinion G. fuscipes will ultimately 

 be synonymized with C. lecanii (Fitch), but the separate identity 

 of G. fuscipes is retained owing to my uncertainty. 



In his Revision of the Aphelininae,^° Howard makes G. fuscipes a 

 synonym of G. fraternus although the latter has priority by reason of 

 page precedence. 



The following description is based on a study of the specimens 

 labeled G. fraternus. The notes on the female cotype of the specimen 

 labeled G. fuscipes were accidentally lost. 



Female. — The paratype of G . fraternus has the apical half of the 

 scutellum yellow and the basal half black. Median piece of metano- 

 tum yellow, remainder of thorax and the abdomen black. (Fore 

 legs and antennae missing.) Middle femora with a narrow pallid 

 annulus at base, apex slightly brownish yellow. Hind femora en- 

 tirely blackish. Middle tibiae dark brown on basal two-thirds, 

 apical third yellowish ; hind tibiae similarly colored. Tarsi yellow- 

 ish with the apical joints dusky. Sides of thorax, face, and cheeks 

 faintly suffused with brownish. Frontovertex faintly brownish, 

 basal corners orange. 



The specimens determined by Gahan as G . fraternus are blacker 

 than the paratype. Scutellum with the basal part blackish. Median 

 piece of metanotum yellow. Flagellum brownish yellow with black- 

 ish sensoria ; scape and pedicel dark brown. Face and cheeks black. 

 All coxae black. All femora mostly black, tipped at ends with yel- 

 lowish. Fore tibiae mostly dark brown, pale at ends. Middle tibiae 

 suffused with dark brown or blackish on basal half, remainder yel- 

 lowish. Hind tibiae more extensively blackish than the middle 

 tibiae, only the apical third yellowish. Tarsi yellow with the apical 

 joints dusky. 



Fore wings very faintly and uniformly infumated. 



Male. — Similar to the female except for the scutellum which is 

 entirely black and for the usual sexual differences. 



Redescribed from one female, paratype, G . fraternus Howard, 

 U.S.N.M. No. 2603, and from three females and one male deter- 

 mined as G. fraternus by Gahan and labeled : " Reared from Le- 

 caniimh nigrofasciatuni^ College Park, Md., November 28, 1925. 

 H. S. McConnell, collector." 



»" Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Ser. Bull. 1, 1895, p. 34. 



