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18. COCCOPHAGUS JAVENSIS Girault 



Plate 7, Figure 31 ; Plate 10, Figure 80 ; Plate 11, Figure 111 ; Plate 12, Figure 

 144 ; Plate 14, Figure 182 



Coccophagus javensis Gieault, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 51, 1916, pp. 482-83. 



The cotypes are mounted in balsam and slightly crushed. It is 

 now impossible to determine the exact coloration. The habitus of 

 this species is similar to that of O. ochraceus Howard, but a careful 

 examination shows that it is not so closely related as a first glance 

 indicates. Apparently the mandibles are sharply tridentate, more 

 like those of G. zebratus Howard than they are like those of C. 

 ochraceus. Also, unlike many of the small yellow species, this form 

 has the pedicel smaller than the first funicle joint. Because of 

 fading, the following color description may be misleading to the 

 extent that, in life, the yellow coloration may be of different shades. 



FeTnale. — General color yellow (perhaps ochraceous), with dark 

 brown or blackish markings as follows : upper part of occiput ; cen- 

 ter of pronotum ; anterior margin of mesoscutum on the meson ; sides 

 of metanotum ; center of propodeum ; a broad, transverse band across 

 the middle of abdomen. Legs and antennae yellow. 



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

 but appreciably shorter than the first funicle joint. The funicle 

 joints appear subequal to the eye, but measurements show that they 

 increase very slightly in length distad. First club joint about as 

 long as the preceding funicle joint; second and third each slightly 

 decrease in length. Funicle and club with more abundant sensoria 

 than usual for the small yellow species as shown in Figure 31. 



Mandibles plainly tridentate as shown in Figure 182. 



Scutellum rather large, wider than long (19:15) and not quite 

 as long as the mesoscutum (15: 16) as shown in Figure 144. Abdo- 

 men of almost uniform width for the greater part, broadly rounded 

 at apex ; cereal plates large ; ovipositor sheaths shortly protruded. 



Frontovertex with abundant, fine, dark setae. Eyes distinctly 

 hairy. Mesoscutum with sparse, rather strong, dark setae. Each 

 parapsis with four or five setae similar in size to those two on each 

 axilla. Tergites with some moderately strong setae, but because of 

 shrinkage their positions can not be determined. 



Sides of metanotum with intricate striae and faint reticulations. 

 Mesothorax without visible sculpture. 



Basitarsus of middle legs about as long as the three succeeding 

 joints united ; tibial spur slightly shorter than the basitarsus. Paired 

 spurs at apex of hind tibiae very unequal. 



Fore wings hyaline, broad, a trifle more than twice as long as 

 wide; disk with moderately coarse cilia; a small narrow hairless 

 area beneath basal half of marginal vein, separated by about three 

 rows of cilia from another hairless area extending to base of wing 



