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an accurate picture of the abdomen after shrinkage. Seventh tergite 

 short, strongly transverse. Ovipositor not exserted. 



Frontovertex with scattered, rather coarse, short black setae, those 

 on face and cheeks much finer. Eyes microscopically pubescent. 

 Mesoscutum with numerous rather coarse, short, black setae. Each 

 parapsis with four, strong, black setae. Middle tibiae at base with 

 five strong, black setae, apex of femora with a strong seta beneath. 



Measurements in mm.: Length of average sized specimen 1,3, 

 Scape 0,20 long by 0.0392 wide. Pedicel 0.0664 long by 0.0408 wide. 

 First funicle joint 0.1184 long by 0.0592 wide; second 0.0880 long 

 by 0.06.56 wide; third 0.0824 long by 0.0736 wide. First club joint 

 0.0776 long by 0.0760 wide ; second 0.0760 long by 0.0704 wide ; third 

 0.0696 long by 0.0480 wide. Marginal vein 0.40 long; submarginal 

 34 long. 



Redescribed from type specimens. This species was reared by 

 Rust, October 21, 1925, from Saissetia oleae (Bernard) infesting 

 Chaetachme aristata^ " Unkawoti trees," at Durban, Natal, South 

 Africa, and from the same host collected at Pretoria, Transvaal 

 September 1, 1919. 



8. COCCOPHAGUS FLAVESCENS Howard 



Plate 7, Figure 22; Plate 11, Figure 135 



Coccophagus flavescens Howard, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 18, 1896, p. 634. — 

 Mercet, Trab. Mus. Cienc. Nat. No. 10, 1912, pp. 227-28. 



An elongated species; the habitus somewhat different from most 

 species but this may be due to shriveling. Predominantly yellow 

 with dark markings. Fore wings generally infuscated. 



Female. — General color yellow, marked as follows: Center of 

 pronotum blaclrish ; sides of propodeum tinged with fuscous ; dorsum 

 of abdomen on apical three-fourths brown, setae of thorax dusky. 

 Antennae yellow, sensoria fuscous. Legs yellow. 



Antennae unusually long. Pedicel almost twice as long as wide 

 but shorter than the first funicle joint. First funicle joint longest, 

 almost three times as long as wide; second and third successively 

 shorter, the latter not quite twice as long as wide. Club well sepa- 

 rated from the funicle, the basal joint almost as long and plainly 

 wider than the preceding funicle joint. By actual measurement the 

 second club joint a trifle the shortest, but to the eye the club joints 

 appear of about equal length (fig. 22). 



Scutellum plainly wider than long but not strongly transverse. 

 Mesoscutum apparently comparatively short, not much if any longer 

 than the scutellum. Abdomen almost twice as long as wide and 

 longer than the thorax. 



