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Length 1.2 mm. 



Type.—CsX. No. 42096, U.S.N.M. 



Described from 19 females (holotype and paratypes) mounted 

 in balsam ; 14 of the specimens with appendages dissected and body 

 sclerites separated. Reared by E. W. Rust from Saissetia persimile, 

 February and March, 1927, Durban, Natal, South Africa. Rust's 

 No. C-33. 



67. COCCOPHAGUS QUAESTOR Girault 



Plate 9, Figure 59 ; Plate 11, Figure 94 ; Plate 13, Figure 156 



Coccophagus quaestor Giratilt, Descriptiones Stellarum Novarum. (Published 

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



A robust, black species of medium size, most easily distinguished 

 from the closely related C. mexicensis Girault by different coloration 

 of the tibiae, which in this species are dark brown. This species and 

 C. mexicensis are of a more robust type than is C. immaculatios, to 

 which they are compared by their author. Fore wings faintly, uni- 

 formly infuscated. Scutellum densely setose. 



Female. — Head, thorax, and abdomen mostly black, becoming dark 

 brown on sides and under parts. Legs dark brown to blackish 

 except as follows: middle femora at ends pale, fore tibiae pale, all 

 tarsi yellowish to whitish, apical tarsal joints slightly brown, middle 

 tibiae very slightly pale at ends. Antennae brown. 



Pedicel short, about as wide as long, much shorter than first f unicle 

 joint. First f unicle joint the longest, not quite twice as long as wide; 

 second and third each successively slightly shorter and slightly wider 

 than first, and all longer than wide. Basal club joint slightly shorter 

 than third f unicle joint and slightly wider; second subequal in length 

 to first ; third plainly shorter. The antenna of this species is slightly 

 different from that of C. tnexicensis Girault. Figure 59 is drawn 

 from a slightly shriveled specimen. 



Fore wing about twice as long as wide, faintly and uniformly 

 infuscated, closely and densely ciliated, ciliation of basal portion as 

 shown in Figure 156. Submarginal vein slightly shorter than the 

 marginal; postmarginal and stigmal as shown in Figure 94. Mar- 

 ginal fringe short. Submarginal vein furnished with eleven setae. 



Scutellum a trifle wider than long (14: 13) and about as long as 

 mesoscutum. Abdomen (shriveled) slightly shorter than thorax, 

 about one and one-third times as long as wide. Ovipositor not at all 

 exserted. Dorsum of thorax rather conspicuously reticulated. 



Mesoscutum furnished with numerous, rather small setae. Each 

 axilla with two setae no stronger than those of the mesoscutum. Scu- 

 tellum densely setose and with a pair of moderately long setae at 

 apex and a preapical pair about one-half as long. 



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