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lum yellow. Resembles G. saissetiae Gahan but the head is much 

 darker and the legs are quite differently colored, the hind coxae 

 and trochanters white, fore and median tibiae fusco-testaceous, all 

 tarsi testaceous, the rest of legs black. This may be but a variant 

 of C. alMcoxa but the two known specimens agree in the above 

 cited color characters and since the form is easily recognized so far 

 as present material is concerned it should be retained." 



This form was reared from a lecaniine scale collected in Panama. 



61. COCCOPHAGUS NIGER Masi 



Coccophagus nhjer Masi, Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agr., Portici, vol. 4, 1909, pp. 

 35-36. 



This species was described by Masi from specimens reared from 

 Lichtensia vihurni collected at Portici. I have not seen samples of 

 this species. The following species, C. mexicensis Girault, is in 

 agreement with the original description of C. niger Masi, and may 

 prove to be a synonym. 



The following note is extracted from the original description: 

 General color black. Frontovertex with dull yellow bands. Coxae 

 and femora black; fore femora on apical third and fore tibiae 

 dusky yellowish; apices of other femora and corresponding tibiae 

 sulphur yellow; tarsi rusty. Antennae dusky yellowish. Wings 

 faintly dusky. Scutellum setose with longer bristles at apex. 



62. COCCOPHAGUS MEXICENSIS Girault 



Plate 9, Figure 63; Plate 11, Figure 96; Plate 13, Figure 157 



Coccophagus mexicensis GiRAtJi.T, Descriptioiies Stellarum Novarum (published 

 by author). Wash., D. C, 1917, p. 2. 



A robust, black species of medium size, without any striking char- 

 acters aside from the coloration of the legs. Wings very faintly 

 and uniformly infuscated, appearing iridescent in tag mounts. 

 Scutellum densely setose. This species can not be separated from 

 C. niger Masi on the basis of Masi's original description. 



Female. — Head, thorax, and abdomen mostly black, sides and 

 underparts brownish black. All femora blackish to dark brown, 

 the middle pair slightly but noticeably paler at apices and with a 

 brownish annulus at base. Tibiae of middle and hind legs pale 

 yellow to whitish, those of the fore legs brownish. All tarsi pale 

 yellow or whitish to slightly brownish yellow, middle tarsi the palest, 

 fore tarsi the brownest ; remainder of legs dark brown to blackish. 



The antennae of the only female available for study are shriveled. 

 Pedicel short, not much longer than wide, plainly much shorter than 

 first funicle joint. First funicle joint longest, described by Girault 

 as being twice longer than wide but is apparently less than twice as 

 long as wide. Second and third funicle joints each very slightly. 



