ABT. 7 EEVISION OF COCCOPHAGUS COMPERE 73 



" From one female taken from a window, February 24, 1914. Habi- 

 tat: Gordon Vale (Cairns), Queensland." 



41. COCCOPHAGUS BIVITTATUS, new species 



Plate 8, Figure 49 ; Plate 10, Figure 84 ; Plate 11, Figure 105 ; Plate 13, Figures 



147 and 153. 



This form is closely related to G . longifasciatus Howard from 

 which it is separated by the shorter ovipositor, small infuscated cloud 

 beneath the stigma, and a slight difference in coloration. In this 

 species the ovipositor arises near the middle, or approximately under 

 the posterior margin of the fourth tergite, while in G. longifasciatus 

 Howard, the ovipositor arises nearer the base, or approximately 

 under the middle of the second tergite. 



Female. — General color, lemon yellow with a longitudinal black- 

 ish band on either side of the body from pronotum to sixth tergite ; 

 sixth tergite yellow ; seventh tergite blackish. A blackish blotch on 

 either side of foramen. Upper portion of face and beneath the 

 eyes iridescent pearly white. Eyes red. Antennal club and fore 

 tarsi faintly fuscous. (Color description made from a freshly killed 

 specimen.) 



Pedicel plainly longer than the first funicle joint. Funicle joints 

 asymmetrical, ventrally articulated. First funicle joint plainly the 

 shortest, a trifle longer than wide; second and third subequal. Club 

 large, broadly rounded at apex, as long as the funicle joints united, 

 and about one and one-half times as wide as the third funicle joint 

 (fig. 49). 



Mandibles with a well-developed ventral tooth separated by a 

 deep emargination from the dorsal truncation. 



Fore wings with a small fuscous spot beneath the stigma and a 

 trace of an infuscation beneath the upward bend of the submarginal 

 vein. Marginal vein planly longer than the submarginal; post- 

 marginal very shortly produced; stigmal vein large and of distinc- 

 tive shape as in Figure 105. Marginal fringe moderately long as 

 shown in Figure 84. 



Basitarsus of middle legs short, about as long as the succeeding two 

 tarsal joints united; tibial spur plainly longer than the basitarsus. 



Ocelli in an equilateral triangle, j)osterior pair remote from eye 

 and occipital margin. Scutellum much wider than long and not so 

 long as the mesoscutum. Median piece of the metanotum well 

 developed, in tag mounts, appearing as a separate, triangular sclerite 

 coalesced with the scutellum. Outline of body and vestiture as shown 

 in Figure 147. 



Length about 0.9 mm. 



Male. — Mesoscutflm, scutellum, median piece of metanotum, sides 

 and venter of thorax and apex of abdomen lemon yellow. In colora- 



