ART. 7 EEVISIOJr OF COCCOPHAGUS COMPERE 11 



In this paper the following 22 species described by Girault under 

 Coccophagus are referred to Prospaltella: alhiscutellum., aleurodici, 

 antiopa, ashmeadi, aureolus, doswelU, hrittanicus, clariscutelluTn^ 

 ■fiUus, lautus, Tnagniclavis^ nigrivenfris, perhellus, perpulchellus^ per- 

 seus, picithoraic, pulliclavus, sckllleri, se7Jiinigriclavus, swifti, thore- 

 auini, and unifasciata. C occophagus lucani Girault is known to me 

 only by the original description, and from this it is impossible to judge 

 whether the species should be included under C occophagus or referred 

 to Prospaltella}^ In the same article where G. lucani is described, 

 Girault refers to G. tennysoni as being notably different. I am un- 

 able to find any other reference to this species in the literature and 

 suppose it to be nomen nudum. In his diagnosis of the Australian 

 species of Coccophagus, Girault gives the distinguishing characters 

 of a male specimen, G. jjoei, and says : " See description." In a foot- 

 note he writes that the description was lost and that the species poei 

 is a nomen nuduon. However, the diagnostic characters given in the 

 table describe the species more completely than do many of Girault's 

 formal descriptions, so it seems that the name is valid even though it 

 is doubtful if the species can be recognized by the meager descrip- 

 tion of a male specimen.^* G occophagus sophia Girault and Dodd ^^ 

 and G. clarus Dodd are here referred to Prospaltella^}'^ Brethes, 

 1913, erected the genus Paracharitopus for the reception of the species 

 lecanii. In his unpublished catalogue, Timberlake transferred this 

 species from Paracharitopus to Goccophagus. If judgment may be 

 based on Brethes' description, this species is not greatly unlike G. 

 lecanii (Fitch). The status of this species can not be determined 

 without making a study of the types. G occophagus nuheculus 

 Brethes is accepted as a valid species.^'' Goccophagus suhochraceus 

 Howard is a species of Euxanthellus. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF COCCOPHAGUS^ FEMALES 1* 



1. Species with the scutellum furnished with only three pairs of bristles, 



rarely with a few supernumerary setae scattered near the anterior pair 



of bristles 2 



Species with the scutellum usually about as densely setose as the mesoscu- 



tum, in some species setose only on the disk, the sides and apex bare ; 



paired bristles usually present 57 



2. Pedicel usually plainly shorter than the first funicle joint. First funicle 



joint usually the longest, never the shortest, occasionally the funicle 

 joints subequal in length to each other and to the pedicel 3 



13 Girault, Insecutor Inscitlae Menstruus, vol. 10, Nos. 1-3, p. 108, 1922. 



"Girault, Memoirs Queensland Mus., vol. 4, p. 55, 1915. 



15 Girault and Dodd, Memoirs Queensland Mus., vol. 4, p. 49, 1915. 



" Dodd, Trans. Royal Soc. So. Aust., vol. 41, p. 352, 1917. 



" Brethes, Anal. Mus. Noc. Bo. As., vol. 24, pp. 97, 105, 1913. 



"^The following species are not included in this key : G. insldiator (Dalman), C. argiope 

 (Walker), G. inoens (Walker), G. inaron (Walker), O. notatus (Ratzeburg), G. forsteri 

 (Dalla Torre), C. obscttrus Westwood, C. purpureas Ashmead, C. nigrifrons WoUaston, 

 O. poei Girault, G. lucani Girault, C. fiineralis Girault, G. nuheculus Brethes. G. fuscipes 

 Howard, and O. eleaphilua Silvestri run to G. lecatiii (Fitch). 



