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33. COCCOPHAGUS ELEAPHILUS Silvestri 



Coccophagus eleapliilus Silvestri, Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agr., Portici, vol. 9, 

 1915, p. 318, fig. 69.— Mast, Novitate Zoologicae, vol. 24, 1917, pp. 122, 211-12. 



I have had the opportunity of studying the cotypes of this form. 

 It is closely related to C. lecmiii (Fitch) and as in the case of O. 

 cowperi Girault, and other species of the complex, an effort is made 

 to maintain its separate identity until its genetical relationship is 

 established. In his description, Silvestri compares this species with 

 C. flavoscutellum. The form known to Silvestri as C. flavoscu- 

 tellum is the same as the form treated as G. coivperi in this article. 



Feinole. — All coxae and trochanters blackish. All femora more or 

 less extensively blackish basally, the apices pale, straw colored. Fore 

 and middle tibiae straw colored; hind tibiae mostly blackish, pale 

 on apical one-fourth. Tarsi straAv colored becoming dusky toward 

 the apices. Head and body black except the scutellum which is more 

 or less yellow apically. 



Male. — Dorsum of head and the face marked with orange. Body 

 black. All coxae blackish. Fore and middle femora and tibiae yel- 

 low; hind femora black, pale at ends. Hind tibiae black, pale on 

 apical one-fourth. 



The male of C. cowperi differs from this form by having the hind 

 tibiae entirely yellow; sensoria fewer and those of the first funicle 

 joint in two overlapping whorls. 



Redescribed from one female and two males (cotypes) loaned by 

 Doctor Silvestri. According to the original description reared from 

 Philippm \Filippia\ chr-ysophyllae Silvestri collected at Eritrea, 

 Nefasit. 



Masi records this form from the Seychelles Islands. 



34. COCCOPHAGUS BIGUTTATUS Girault 



Plate 10, Figure 78; Plate 12, Figure 139 



Coccophagus bigiittatus Girault, Memoirs Queensland Museum, vol. 4, 1915, 

 p. 51. 



The body of the type female is in fairly good condition but the 

 head is missing (fig. 139). This species can be recognized by the 

 ovipositor which is exserted two-sevenths the length of the abdomen. 

 Girault's description will enable recognition of the species. The 

 sclerites of the thorax are very indistinct and the setae transparent. 

 Apparently the scutellum is slightly wider than long but it is too 

 indistinct to allow an accurate measurement. Scutellum furnished 

 with three pairs of bristles. 



Fore wings rather large, closely and finely ciliated (fig. 78). Sub- 

 marginal vein slightly but plainly longer than the marginal. 

 Stigmal vein of one wing obscured by a speck of dirt and that of 

 the other wing too indistinct for study. 



