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Middle tibial spur slightly shorter than basitarsus; basitarsus as 

 long as following joints united. Paired spurs at apex of hind tibiae 

 equal in length. 



Measurements in mm. : Length 1.25. Pedicel 0.0528 long by 0.0504 

 wide. First funicle joint 0.1080 long by 0.0520 wide; second 0.08 

 long by 0.0568 wide; third 0.0696 long by 0.0608 wide. First club 

 joint 0.06 long by 0.0618 wide; second 0.0520 long by 0.06 wide; third 

 0.0464 long by 0.0480 wide. Fore wings 1.0 long by 0.47 wide. Mar- 

 ginal vein 0.32 long; submarginal 0.20 long. Longest marginal 

 fringe 0.0312. 



Redescribed from one female (paratype), U.S.N.M. No. 20079, 

 Morelos, Mexico, Koebele. 



68. COCCOPHAGUS SAISSETIAE Gahan 



Plate 9, Figure 66 ; Plate 11, Figure 125 

 Coccophagus saissetiae Gahan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 61, art. 24. 1922, p. 17, 



A distinctive species of about the same general shape and size as 

 C. Scutellaria (Dalman) and C. ishiii, new species, from which it is 

 readily distinguished by the different coloration of the legs and head. 

 Fore wings faintly infuscated beneath the stigma. 



Female. — General color black. Head mostly lemon yellow ; occi- 

 put above black and ocellar triangle fuscous. According to the 

 original description, the scutellum is apically bordered with yellow, 

 this border comprising approximately one-fourth the length of the 

 scutellum. In the paratype examined, this yellow is not evident 

 although the derm is somewhat paler and differentiated toward the 

 apex. Antennal scape mostly whitish, the flagellum brownish with 

 darker sensoria. Legs mostly whitish, hind tibiae blackish except at 

 apex. 



Scape of usual shape, four times as long as wide. Pedicel slightly 

 longer than wide and almost one-half as long as the first funicle joint. 

 First funicle joint plainly longest, a trifle more than twice a's long as 

 wide ; second and third successively shorter and very slightly wider 

 so that the third is almost one and one-fourth times as long as wide. 

 First club joint plainly shorter than third funicle joint, slightly 

 wider than long and slightly wider than funicle; second club joint 

 a trifle smaller than fir'st; third club joint plainly the smallest, and 

 plainly longer than wide. Funicle and club with rather abundant 

 sensoria (fig. 66). 



Fore wings faintly and indistinctly infuscated beneath stigmal 

 vein, cilia moderately short and coarse, marginal fringe short. 

 Wings slightly more than twice as long as wide. Marginal vein as 

 long as the submarginal; postmarginal and stigmal as fehown in 

 Figure 125. 



