ART. 7 REVISION OF COCCOPHAGUS COMPERE 99 



Scutellum slightly wider than long (13:12) and slightly shorter 

 than the mesoscutum (12:14). Abdomen after shrinkage longer 

 than wide (21 : 16) and shorter than the thorax (21 : 24) . Ovipositor 

 not at all exserted. 



Mesoscutum furnished with numerous short, brownish setae. Each 

 axilla with two setae similar to those of mesoscutum. Scutellum 

 densely setose, the setae similar in size to those of mesoscutum, and 

 with a pair of moderately long apical bristles and a preapical pair 

 about one-half as long. 



Dorsum of thorax rather conspicuously reticulated. 



Tibial spur of middle legs a trifle shorter than basitarsus; basi- 

 tarsus about as long as four following joints united. Paired spurs 

 at apex of hind tibiae of equal length. 



Measurements in mm. : Length 1.12. Scape 0.16 long by 0.04 wide. 

 Pedicel 0.0544 long by 0.0472 wide. First funicle joint 0.12 long by 

 0.0528 wide; second 0.0880 long by 0.0544 wide; third 0.08 long by 

 0.0624 wide. First club joint 0.0576 long by 0.0656 wide; second 

 0.0520 long by 0.0592 wide ; third 0.0480 long by 0.0392 wide. Fore 

 wings 0.92 long by 0.43 wide. Marginal vein 0.28 long ; submarginal 

 0.28 long. Longest marginal fringe 0.0232. 



Male. — Head and body mostly black, becoming dark brown on 

 sides and underparts of thorax and brownish on lower portion of 

 face and cheeks. Antennal scape whitish, flagellum dark brown. 

 Hind legs black, except for yellowish tarsi. Femora of fore and 

 middle legs mostly blackish, pale at apices and the latter with an 

 annulus at base. Fore and middle tibiae whitish with a faint suf- 

 fusion of brownish or yellowish toward base. Tarsi of middle legs 

 concolorous with apex of tibiae, those of the fore legs slightly 

 brownish. 



Length 0.7 mm. 



Redescribed from one female and one male ( paratypes) U.S.N.M. 

 No. 24989. Reared from Saissetia nigra (Nietner), Ancon, Canal 

 Zone, J. Zetek. 



69. COCCOPHAGUS SCUTELLARIS (Dalman) 

 Plate 3, Figure 4 ; Plate 9, Figure 67 ; Plate 11 Figure 117 ; Plate 14 Figure 175 



Entedon scutellaris Dalman, Svensk. vet. Akad. Handl., vol. 46, 1825, p. 365. 



C'occophagus scutellaris Westwood, Philos. Mag., vol. 3, No. 32, 1833, p. 344 ; 

 Intro. Mod. Class. Insects, Syn. of British genera, vol. 2, 1840, p. 73. 



Myina semicircularis Forster, Beitrage Monog. Pterom., 1841, p. 44. 



Encyrtus xanthostictus Ratzeburg, Ichneu. Forstins, vol. 3, 1852, p. 188. 



Coccophagus lunulatus Howard, Insect Life, vol. 6, 1894, p. 232 ; U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., Div. Ent., Tech. Ser. No. 1, 1895, pp. 37-38.— Masi, Boll Lab. Zool 

 Gen. Agr., Portici, vol. 1, 1907, pp. 245-46. — Howard, Journ. Econ. Ent., vol. 

 4, 1916, p. 277.— Quayle, Calif. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bull. No. 223, 1911, p. 

 191.— ME3JCET, Trab. Mus. Cienc. Nat., Madrid, No. 10, 1912, pp. 240-41.— 

 Timberlake, Journ. Econ. Ent., vol. 6, No. 3, 1913, pp. 299-300.— Essio, 



