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Injurious and Beneficial Insects of Calif., ed. 2, 1915, p. 377. — Compere, 

 Bull. So. Calif. Acad. Sci., vol. 22, part 4, 1924, pp. 113-16.— Smith and 

 Compere, Univ. Calif. Pub. Ent., vol. 4, No. 9, 1928, pp. 254-57. 

 Coccophagus australiensis Gibault, Insc. Inscit. Menst., vol. 5, 1917, p. 30. 



In addition to the species listed in the above synonomy Mercet/^ 

 includes the following : 



Coccophagus pulchellus Westwood, Philos. Mag., vol. 3, 1833. 



Aphelinus scutellaris Walkex, Monog. Chalcid., vol. 1, 1839. 



Aphelinus lycimnia Walker, Monog. Chalcid., vol. 1, 1839. 



Aphelinus idaeus Walker, Monog. Chalcid., vol. 1, 1839. 



Coccophagus scutellaris Walker, Entomologist, 1841. 



Aphelinus insidiator var. scutellaris Thompson, Hymen. Scandin., vol 4, 1875. 



Coccophagus pulchellus Westwood is a valid species and obviously 

 an error was made in synonomyzing it. I do not have any first hand 

 knowledge regarding the other species synonomyzed by Mercet. 



The evidence strongly indicates that the cosmopolitan species now 

 laiown by the name C lunulafus Howard is identical with C. scutel' 

 laris (Dalman) , the type species. The species can be definitely traced 

 back to C. xanthostictus (Ratzeburg), described from Europe in 

 1852. In 1895, Howard wrote : " Mr. Ashmead possesses a pair of 

 specimens from Germany labeled in Forsters hand writing Coc- 

 cophagus xanthostictus,^'' I have had the privilege of examining 

 this pair of specimens and so far as can be determined they are 

 identical with the species previously known as C. lumdatus Howard. 

 In a recent letter Mr. Gahan wrote : '' When in Europe I saw the 

 Ratzeburg collection and while I did not make complete notes on it 

 I did see the types of C. xanthostictus (Ratzeburg) and recognized 

 them at once as C. lunulatus Howard. While I had no specimens to 

 compare, I feel certain of this and suggest that you change your 

 manuscript name to include this synonomy." From this it is evident 

 that the species existed in Europe as early as 1852. The evidence 

 linking C. xanthostictus (Ratzeburg) with C. scutellaris (Dalman) 

 is not so positive. Dalman's original description is as follows: 

 " Niger, scutelli macula flava, antennis f uscis ; pedibus f ulvis, f emor- 

 ibus posticis nigris; alls immaculatis." C. lunulatus Howard is in 

 agreement with the original description of Dalman and with the 

 exception of C. ishiii, new species, it is the only known species to 

 which the description can apply. The portion of the description 

 which states that the legs are yellow with the posterior femora black 

 eliminates all the species of the C. lecanii group and, since no other 

 known species is in agreement with Dalman's description, the evidence 

 seems to justify the recognition of this important species as C. scutel- 

 laHs (Dalman). 



MMarcet, Trab. Mus. Cienc. Nat. Madrid, No. 10, 1912, p. 251. 



