ART. 7 EEVISION OF COCCOPHAGUS — COMPERE 91 



united. Dorsal margin of hind tibia with a row of stout, suberect 

 setae. 



Length 1.6 mm. 



Male. — Not known. 



Type.— C^t. No. 42084, U.S.N.M. 



Described from 12 females (holotype and paratypes). Ten speci- 

 mens reared from Ceroplastes sp. on " pop corn " collected at Dur- 

 ban, Natal, by E. W. Rust, August 12, 20, and 27, 1926. One speci- 

 men reared from Ceroplastes destructor, same locality, August 11, 

 1926. One specimen reared from Coccus hesperidum., same locality, 

 June 18, 1926. Rust's No. C20. 



59. COCCOPHAGUS ALBICOXA Howard 



Plate 9, Figure 62; Plate 14, Figure 171 



Coccophagits albicoxa Howard, Journ. Econ. Ent., vol. 4, 1911, p. 276. 

 Coccophagus coxalis Gikault, Ent. News, vol. 27, 1915, p. 34. 



The above synonymy should be credited to A. B. Gahan, who 

 furnished the data in private correspondence and authorized its 

 publication. 



C. alhicoxa Howard is one of the largest and most distinctive 

 species, ranging near 2.5 mm. in length, with distinctive yellowish 

 white hind coxae and elongated abdomen. 



Female. — General color black with yellow markings as follows: 

 Apical half of scutellum, metanotum and propodeum except the sides 

 and center. Scape and pedicel dark brown. Hind coxae and tro- 

 chanters pale yellow ; fore and middle coxae black. Fore and middle 

 tibiae brownish or blackish, paler at ends; hind tibiae black. A\] 

 femora black. Tarsi pallid whitish to brownish, the brownish more 

 pronounced on the fore pair, apical joints dusky. 



Scape about as long as pedicel and first funicle joint united. 

 Pedicel longer than wide (4:3) and about one-half as long as first 

 funicle joint. First funicle joint longest, succeeding joints each 

 slightly shorter and a trifle wider. First funicle joint about twice as 

 long as wide; third about one and one-third times as long as wide 

 Club short, hardly as long as two preceding funicle joints vmited. 

 First club joint longer than wide and slightly wider and slightly 

 shorter than preceding funicle joint; second wider than 'long; third 

 slightly longer than wide (fig. 62). 



Mandible with two ventral teeth only slightly developed and a 

 board truncation as shown in Figure 171. 



Fore wings hyaline. Marginal vein plainly longer than sub- 

 marginal; stigmal broad, only slightly constricted at base; post- 

 marginal not extending distad quite so far as stigmal. Cilia of 

 disk rather coarse and sparse on basal half and much finer toward 

 ajDex. Marginal fringe short. 



