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Frontovertex with fine dark setae that are not conspicuous. Meso- 

 scutum with conspicuous, moderately strong, blackish setae, those 

 along the sides not much, if any stronger than elsewhere; posterior 

 margin with only two similar setae. Each parapsis with three setae 

 about as strong as those on the mesoscutum and each axillae with 

 two similar setae. Scutellum with three pairs of bristles, the median 

 and apical pairs about twice as long as the mesoscutar setae, the 

 anterior pair hardly any longer than the two setae on the posterior 

 margin of the mesoscutum. The tergites seem to be bare, or if setae 

 are present, they do not appear in an untreated specimen. 



Basitarsus of middle legs about as long as the succeeding joints 

 combined; tibial spur about as long as the basitarsus. Hind tibiae 

 with one long apical spur paired with a short one. 



Length 1.7 mm. 



Male. — Face, cheeks, and antennae white. Frontovertex yellow; 

 eyes and ocelli red. Occiput at sides and above foramen black. Con- 

 cealed part of pronotum black ; exposed sides of pronotum, sides and 

 under parts of thorax, basal one-third of abdomen, and all of legs 

 white. Propodeum between the spiracles, petiole, and dorsum of 

 abdomen on last four tergites black to dark brown. 



Pedicel small, wider than long. Club not differentiated from the 

 funicle. Flagellum with numerous close set sensoria which are as 

 long as the segment which they occupy. 



Abdomen small, sides subparallel, almost truncate at apex. Head 

 and thorax about the same size and proportions as that of the fe- 

 male. Since these male specimens are not appreciably pressed by 

 the cover glass and present bulged mesopleura, this characteristic 

 may be a normal development. 



Length 1.4 mm. 



Type.— C2it. No. 42085, U.S.N.M. 



Described from two females and two males (holotype, allotype, 

 and paratypes) on two slides mounted in balsam. Keared by E. W, 

 Rust from Saissetia oleae (Bernard) collected at Durban, Natal, 

 January 10, 1927. 



21. COCCOPHAGUS TRIANGULATINOTUS Girault 



Plate 7, Figure 34; Plate 11, Figure 119 



Coccophagms triangulatmotus Girault, New Pests from Austi'alia, III, Brisbane, 

 Queensland, August 25, 1926. (Published by author.) Insecutor Inscitiae 

 Menstruus, vol. 14, Nos. 7-9, July-September, 1926, p. 133. 



Girault's original description follows : " As triguttatus but marks 

 on abdomen joined widely, basal two across, distal joined to this 

 along meson. Dayboro forest, October 8, 1922." 



The female type is partly obscured by some deposit on the insect. 

 General color light yellow, liberally marked with blackish as fol- 



