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The genus Coccophagus was erected by Westwood in 1833 to 

 include four species ; namely, Entedon scutellams and Entedon insidi- 

 ator of Dalman, described in 1825, and C. pulchellus and C. ohscurtis 

 described as new. In 1840, Westwood designated G. scutellaris (Dal- 

 man) as the type of the genus Coccophagus.^ Since then a total of 

 130 species has been described under Coccophagus or referred to it. 

 In 1834, Nees ab Esenbeck under Eulophus described the species 

 f.avovarius and impeditus and in the supplement referred E. -flavo- 

 varius to C. scutellaris (Dalman) and E. impeditus to C. ohscurus 

 Westwood.'* Eulophus -fiavovarius is now recognized as a species of 

 Tetrastichus. Walker, 1839, overlooked the genus Coccophagus and 

 described five species under Aphelinus; namely, argiope, inaron, 

 mocj-is, idaeus, and lycimnia.^ Three species, argiope, inaron, and 

 moeris are accepted as valid by certain European authors and idaeus 

 and lycimnia placed in synonymy but authorities do not agree regard- 

 ing the synonymy. Forster, 1841, described the species semicircu- 

 laris under the genus Myina Nees." The genus Myina is a synonj^m 

 of Aphelinus but the species seinicirculai'is is a C occophagus and has 

 been synonymized. A second species was described by Forster as 

 Myina scutellaris. Dalla Torre referred the species to Aphelinus 

 and proposed the new specific name jorsteri. Silvestri cites this as 

 doubtful synonymy of Coccophagus howardi Masi. Ratzeburg, 1852, 

 erected the genus Coccohius^ and described five species.'^ Of these, 

 notatus was transferred to Coccophagus by Howard.^ Howard made 

 Coccophagus citrinus Craw the type of his genus Aspidiotiphagus.^ 

 Coccophagus aurantii described by Howard, 1894, was transferred 

 by its author to Prospalta, 1895.^" The name Prospalta was found 

 to be preoccupied and Ashmead proposed the new name ProspaXtella^ 

 1904. Coccophagus varicornis Howard was made type of Howard's 

 genus Physcus.^'^ C occophagus orientalis Howard was synonymized 

 with Aneristus ceroplastae by Gahan in 1924. According to Howard, 

 Coccophagus annulipes Ashmead belongs to Aphycus\ C. hrunneiis 

 Provancher and C . coinpressicornis Provancher probably belong 

 to the Tetrastichinae ; while C. pallipes Provancher belongs to 

 Sympiesis.'^'^ 



3 Westwood, luti-oduction to tlie Modern Classification of Insects, vol. 2, 1840, Synopsis 

 of the British Genera of Insects, p. 73. 



* Nees ab Esenbeck, Hymenopterum Ichneumonibus affinium Monographic, vol. 2, pp. 

 163-64, 178. Addenda ct amendada ab., vol. 2, p. 428, 1834. 



5 Walker, Monographia Chalciditum, pp. 5, 9-12, 1839. 



« Forster, Beitrage zur Monographie der Pteromalinen, p. 44, 1841. 



'Ratzeburg, Ich. die Forst-Insecten, vol. 3, pp. 188, 196, 1852. 



'Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Ent. Bull. 1, p. 10, 1895. 



» Howard, Insect Life, vol. 6, p. 231, 1894. 



"Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Ent. Tech. Ser. No. 1, p. 41, 1895. 



1' Idem, pp. 43-44. 



Ibidem, p. 32, 1895. 



