ART. 7 REVISION OF COCCOPHAGUS — COMPERE 77 



club joints subequal, slightly wider than long, the third slightly- 

 longer and narrower than the preceding joint (fig. 51). 



Manibles shown in Figure 184. 



Fore wings hyaline, cilia on disk sparse and coarse; a row of 

 cilia in straight alignment parallels the frenular fold. Marginal 

 fringe long for Coccophagus^ the longest cilia measuring 0.0288 mm. 

 Marginal vein plainly longer than the submarginal ; stigmal with a 

 slender neck and widely expanded at apex; postmarginal indistinct 

 and not produced so far forward as the stigmal. Entire fore wing 

 as shown in Figure 77. Stigmal vein as shown in Figure 108. 

 Scutellum plainly wider than long (5:3) and much shorter than 

 the mesoscutum (6: 11). Ovipositor suggestive of Prospaltella, the 

 outer plates very wide. Ovipositor sheaths plainly exserted. The 

 relative proportions of the abdomen as shown in Figure 10 are pre- 

 sumably a trifle broader than in life due to pressure of the cover 

 glass on the balsam-mounted specimen from which the drawing 

 was made. 



In the balsam-mounted material, the setae on the frontovertex 

 not discernible, setae on the face and cheeks fine and pale. Eyes 

 densely, finely ciliated. Setae of the thorax and abdomen as shown 

 (fig. 10). The arrangement of the setae on the abdomen is a good 

 character for the identification of this species. Tibial spur of mid- 

 dle leg about as long as the basitarsus. Hind tibiae with one very 

 long spur paired with a short spur. 



Length about 1.0 mm. 



Male. — Frontovertex yellow ; face and cheeks lustrous, pearly white. 

 Antennae yellow. Occiput, pronotum, mesoscutum, axillae, meta- 

 notum, propodeum, abdomen except apex, proepisterna, prepectus 

 and mesopleura blackish to dark brown; remainder of the body 

 yellow. Legs mostly pale yellow to whitish, except for the hind 

 coxae, which are dark. In the single specimen at hand, it is difficult 

 to see the coloration of the middle coxae which may be dark. Hind 

 tibiae a trifle dusky toward the base. 



Antennae as shown in Figure 154. 



Fore wings with a longer marginal fringe and fewer cilia on the 

 disk than in the female. Also, the arrangement of the cilia differs 

 in this sex. 



In the male as well as the female there is only one seta on either 

 lateral margin of the mesoscutum located anteriorly. Frontovertex 

 with short, moderately coarse, black setae which are not apparent in 

 the female. 



Scutellum proportionately longer than that of the female. 



Length about 0.52 mm. 



Type.—Q^i. No. 42083, U.S.N.M. 



