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Length 1.8 mm. 



Male. — Unknown. 



Type.— C^t. No. 42087, U.S.N.M. 



Described from 12 females (holotype and paratypes), mounted 

 in balsam on slides, reared by E. W. Rust from Saissetia persiTnile 

 (Newstead) collected at Durban, Natal, February, and March, 1927. 



55. COCCOPHAGUS SPECIOSUS. new species 



In structure this species appears to be similar to the foregoing 

 species, 0. spectabllis. In coloration it appears so unlike specta- 

 hllls as to warrant its tentative description as a new species. It is 

 possible that a large series of specimens may reveal intergrading 

 forms that will necessitate synonymizing the name speciosus. 



Female. — It is in the coloration of the legs that this form shows 

 such a marked difference from C. spectdbilis. The fore and middle 

 legs are entirely pale yellow. Coxae and trochanters of the hind 

 legs are yellow, in sharp contrast to the femora and tibiae which are 

 black. Apical tarsal joints of the middle legs fuscous, the remain- 

 ing tarsal joints yellowish or pallid. 



Except for the differences in the coloration of the parts described 

 above, the figures of C. spectahilis and the description of that species 

 will apjjly equally well to this form. 



Male. — Except for the abdomen which is entirely black, the color 

 is similar to that of the female. Wings hyaline, the cilia much 

 finer than that of the female. Antennal proportions and shape of 

 segments similar to that of the female. 



Type.— Cat. No. 42088, U.S.N.M. 



Described from one female, 17 males, (holotype, allotype, and 

 paratypes) reared by E. W. Eust from Saissetia perslmile (New- 

 stead), FUippia cai^sae Brain, and Coccus hesperiduin Linnaeus, 

 collected at Durban, Natal, February, March, August, and September, 

 1927. It is to be noted that C. spectahUis was reared from S. 

 persimile collected at the same time and from the same locality as 

 C. speciosus which substantiates the suspicion that perhaps the latter 

 is but a color variant. 



56. COCCOPHAGUS PRINCEPS Silvestri 



Coccophagus prlnccps Silvestri, Boll. Lab. Zool. Agr. Portici, vol. 9, 1914, pp. 

 357-59, fig. 16.— CoMPEBE, Univ. Calif. Pub. Ent., vol. 4, No. 1, 1926, pp. 6-7. 



This species is structurally similar to C. malthusi Gifault and to 

 C. clavellatus.^ new species. 



Female. — Head yellow except for blackish on the occiput above 

 and on either side of foramen. Mesoscutum, scutellum, and median 

 piece of metanotum yellowish, remainder of body black. Hind 



