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3. COCCOPHAGUS FLAVIFRONS Howard 



Plate 7, Figure 17; Plate 11, Figure 99 



Coccophagus flavlfrons Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Ent. Bull. 5, 18S5, p. 25. 

 Coccophagus 'koelelei Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Ent. Bull. 5, 1885, p. 25. 

 Coccophagus /Mvifrons Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Ent. Tech. Ser. No. 1, 

 1895, p. 36.— Mercet, Trab. Mus. Cienc. Nat. No. 10, 1912, p. 228. 



A rather distinctive species, predominantly black except for the 

 face and cheeks which are mostly yellow. 



Female, — Body black except for the parapsides and tegulae which 

 are suffused with brownish. Frontovertex ferrugino-testaceous and 

 blackish, the latter color predominant ; face and cheeks mostly yellow. 



Scape yellow, flagellum dark brown. Hind tibiae mostly blackish, 

 paler at the apices, remainder of the legs yellow with faint brownish 

 suffusions. 



Pedicel plainly longer than wide and shorter than the first f unicle 

 joint. First funicle joint longest, the following successively shorter; 

 all slightly increasing in width distad. First club joint lubequal 

 in length to the third funicle joint and a trifle longer than either 

 of the following club joints (fig. 17). The figure of the antenna may 

 not be quite accurate since the funicle and the club of the specimen 

 studied were partly shriveled. 



Much of the thorax of the specimen studied is obscured by glue, 

 but apparently the scutellum is slightly wider than long and about 

 as long as the mesoscutum. 



Setae of the mesoscutum more or less regularly longitudinally 

 arranged and slightly paler than the integument. Each parapsis 

 with three or four setae. Only a portion of the scutellum visible 

 but presumably provided with three pairs of bristles. 



Fore wings hyaline, densely and closely ciliated. Marginal fringe 

 short. Submarginal vein a trifle longer than the marginal; post- 

 marginal shortly produced and shown with stigmal vein in figure 99. 



Measurements in mm.: Length of head and body 1.0. Scape 

 0.1344 long by 0.0344 wide. Pedicel 0.0488 long by 0.033G wide. 

 First funicle joint 0.0640 long by 0.0384 wide. Beyond the first 

 the funicle joints are shriveled so that the exact widths can not be 

 measured ; the lengths of these joints are 0.0536, 0.0496, 0.0496, 0.0448, 

 0.0456. Fore wings 0.82 long by 0.40 wide. Marginal vein 0.21 

 long ; submarginal 0.24 long. Longest marginal fringe 0.0320. 



Male. — Mostly black, tegulae and parapsides slightly brownish. 

 Median part of metanotum yellowish. Mesopleura somewhat brown- 

 ish. Face and cheeks in proximity to the mouth testaceous. Anten- 

 nae j^ellow or testaceous ; sensoria fuscous. All femora more or less 

 fuscous, the ends pale. Hind tibia faintly fuscous toward the base. 



