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29. COCCOPHAGUS TIBIALIS, new species 



Plate 8, Figure 42 



This is a Philippine Island species of the C. lecanii (Fitch) group. 

 It can be most conveniently distinguished by the hind tibiae, which 

 are entirely black or dark brown. 



Female. — General color black; scutellum and median piece of 

 metanotum bright lemon yellow except that the anterior margin of 

 the former may be very narrowly black. Face and scape brownish, 

 flagellum piceous due to the dark sensoria. Coxae, trochanters, and 

 femora of all legs black or dark brown except that the femora of 

 the fore and middle legs are paler at the apices and the middle pair 

 have a faint annulus at base. Fore tibiae mostly brown, pale at 

 apices. Middle tibiae dark brown or black on basal two-thirds or 

 so and yellow or sordid white on the remainder. Hind tibiae entirely 

 dark brown or black. All tarsi yellow or sordid white. 



Scape slightly fusiform about three and three-fourth times as 

 long as wide. Pedicel about one and one-third times as long as wide 

 and much shorter than the first funicle joint. First funicle joint 

 the longest, about one and two-thirds times as long as wide ; second 

 and third each successively a trifle shorter and wider, the third 

 about one and one-fourth times as long as wide. First club joint 

 subequal in length and a trifle wider than the third funicle joint; 

 second and third successively shorter (fig. 42). 



Mandibles with the ventral and median teeth subequal, the dorsal 

 broadly rounded. 



Fore wings hyaline ; cilia fine and dense ; the posterior basal hair- 

 less streak bent upward at its distal end. Marginal vein slightly 

 longer than the submarginal. Length of longest marginal fringe 

 0.0352 mm. 



Basitarsus of middle legs a trifle shorter than the succeeding 

 joints united: tibial spur plainly shorter than the basitarsus. 

 Paired spurs at apex of hind tibiae unequal. 



Ovipositor as seen through the derm arises near the middle of 

 abdomen. 



Sculpture and vestiture similar to C. lecanii (Fitch) . 



Length 0.9 mm. 



Male. — Body entirely black. Face in proximity to mouth and the 

 scape and pedicel brownish ; flagellum dark due to blackish sensoria. 

 Except for the tarsi, all legs entirely dark brown to blackish. Tarsi 

 brownish yellow except the apical joints, which are fuscous. 



Type.—Cni. No. 42092, U.S.N.M. 



Described from 18 females and 2 males (holotype, allotype, and 

 paratypes) reared by Harold Woodworth from Saissetia oleae (Ber- 

 nard), Saissetia hemispJiaerica (Targioni), and Coccus viridis 

 (Green), Los Banos, Philippine Islands, 1921. 



