ABT. 7 REVISION OF COCCOPHAGUS — COMPERE 81 



'3lavate. First club joint almost as wide as long and a trifle shorter 

 but plainly wider than third funicle joint; second and third equal 

 in length, second a trifle wider than first, and third narrower 

 (fig. 54). 



Scutellum plainly wider than long (5:3) and not so long as 

 mesoscutum (3:5). Abdomen slightly longer than wide, about as 

 wide as thorax and not quite so long. Ovipositor sheaths shortly 

 exserted. 



Cheeks with a row of small, dark setae extending downward from 

 eyes and a few setae of lighter color and not so closely placed, scat- 

 tered between scrobes. Iklesoscutum with numerous, scattered, short, 

 black setae and with the two setae near the mesoscutar-scutellar 

 suture appreciably the largest. Each axilla with two strong setae. 

 Scutellum with three pairs of strong black bristles. 



Fore wings hyaline, veins yellowish. Marginal vein plainly longer 

 than submarginal ; postmarginal shortly produced ; stigmal as shown 

 in figure 123. Disk of wings finely and densely ciliated with a 

 characteristic row of cilia as shown in Figure 81. Marginal fringe 

 of moderate length. 



Length of average-sized specimens 0.8 mm. 



Male. — The antennae of the male are different from those of the 

 female. The coloration is also somewhat different. As a rule the 

 dark coloration is more extensive and intensive, the antennae are 

 fuscous, and the legs have more dusky. 



Antennal club not differentiated. Scape slender. Pedicel short, 

 as wide as long. Flagellar joints gradually decrease in width, the 

 apical joint somewhat more than one-half as wide as the first; first 

 five joints subequal in length. Flagellum with numerous sensoria. 



Redescribed from numerous specimens reared from Saissetm 

 oleae (Bernard), collected by E. TV. Rust at Cape Town, South 

 Africa, and from specimens collected in southern California. 



48. COCCOPHAGUS FLETCHERI Howard 



Cocoophagus fletcheri Howard, U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Ent. No. 7, 1897, p. 63. 

 This species is known to me only by the original description. 



49. COCCOPHAGUS NIGRITUS, new species 



Plate 5, Figure 9 ; Plate 8, Figure 55 ; Plate 11, Figure 121 ; Plate 14, Figure 179 



This species resembles C. modestus var. capensis Silvestri from 

 which it is separated by the differently shaped abdomen, longer 

 ovipositor, fainter infuscation of the fore wings, and coloration of 

 the head. In this species, the ovipositor arises near the base of the 

 abdomen while in C. modestus Silvestri it arises near the middle. 

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