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than the third funicle joint; second and third successively smaller 

 (fig. 18). 



Scutellum a trifle wider than long and as long as the mesoscutum. 

 Abdomen, after shrinkage, about as long and as wide as the thorax. 

 Ovipositor concealed. 



Fore wings hyaline, densely and finely ciliated with a short 

 fringe; a rounded spot bare of cilia on the posterior basal part. 

 Marginal vein a trifle shorter than the submarginal, the difference 

 only 0.02 mm. and hardly appreciable. In the original description 

 it was said that the marginal vein was longest ; this was because of 

 the inclusion of the basal downward bend as a part of the marginal 

 instead of the terminal part of the submarginal vein. Postmarginal 

 vein shortly produced (fig. 128). 



Basitarsus of middle legs as long as the succeeding three joints 

 united; tibial spur slightly shorter than the basitarsus. 



Antennae clothed with numerous fine, pale setae. Mesoscutum 

 with numerous, short, black setae. Scutellum with the apical bris- 

 tles longest, the median pair most widely spaced. Each parapsis 

 with four setae. Propodeum with a few, fine setae laterad of the 

 spiracles. Fifth and sixth tergites with a row of setae extending 

 across tJie dorsum, the rows interrupted on the preceding three 

 tergites and absent on the first ; seventh tergite with longer scattered 

 setae. 



Mesoscutum rather coarsely reticulated, scutellum not so strongly 

 sculptured. Metanotum with a strong transverse lineolation on 

 either side. Propodeum with two, strong, sublateral carinae. First 

 abdominal tergite and part of the second smooth and shining. 

 Tergites from three to six about as coarsely sculptured as the 

 mesoscutum. 



Measurements in mm. : Length of average sized specimen 1.2. 

 Pedicel 0.0536 long by 0.0416 wide. First funicle joint 0.0736 long 

 by 0.0496 wide ; second 0.06 long by 0.0552 wide ; third 0.06 long by 

 0.0568 wide. First club joint 0.0624 long by 0.0608 wide; second 

 0.0480 long by 0.0576 wide ; third 0.0416 long by 0.04 wide. Marginal 

 vein 0.26 long; submarginal 0.28 long. 



Male. — Except for the usual sexual differences, the males are quite 

 similar to the females. All tibiae predominantly dark brown, the 

 apices pale. Ex^Danded part of parapsides usually faintly suffused 

 with testaceous. 



Redescribed from paratypes and many additional specimens in 

 the Rust collection as follows: 15 females and 2 males reared from 

 Pulvinaricb mesenibrianthemi (Vallot), Rosebank, Cape Town, 1923, 

 1925 ; 8 females and 4 males reared from Baccacoccus species, Signal 

 Hill, Cape Town, 1924; 8 females reared from Saissetia oleae 



