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Scutellum about as long as wide (10:11) and about as long as 

 mesoscutum. Abdomen distorted in the specimen examined but 

 presumably about as long as thorax. 



According to the description in the Kevision of the Aphelininae, 

 the punctured scutellum of this species is unique. The scutellum is 

 furnished with setigerous punctures and is reticulated. Mesoscu- 

 tum with the setigerous punctures in more or less regular, longitudi- 

 nal alignment and a trifle coarse, especially those aligned along 

 parapsidal and scutellar sutures, but in this respect not unlike cer- 

 tain other species. Disk of the scutellum about as densely setose 

 as mesoscutum, its apical third or so without the small setae but with 

 a rather weak pair of apical bristles and a smaller preapical pair. 

 Setae appear somewhat pale in certain lights and bristles distinctly so. 



Measurements in nun. : Length 1.05. First funicle joint 0.0840 long 

 by 0.0376 wide; second 0.0704 long by 0.04 wide; third 0.0648 long 

 by 0.0464 wide. First club joint 0.0624 long by 0.0640 wide; 

 second 0.0456 long by 0.0608 wide ; third 0.0536 long by 0.0440 wide. 

 Fore wings 0.94 long by 0.43 wide. Marginal vein 0.24 long; sub- 

 marginal 0.28 long. Longest marginal fringe 0.0248. 



Male. — Differs from the female principally in having propodeum 

 and all coxae blackish. 



Length 0.75 mm. 



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

 No. 2600. Parasitic on Erioeoccus azaleae^ Washington, D. C. 

 Female collected January 22, 1881, and male collected February 

 5, 1881. 



73. COCCOPHAGUS PULCHELLUS Westwood 



Plate 9, Figure 71; Plate 11, Figure 133; Plate 13, Figure 155 

 Cocoophagus pulcJiellus Westwood, Pliilos. Mag., vol. 3, No. 17, 1833, p. 344. 



In a series of specimens borrowed from the United States National 

 Museum are two females on a single tag labeled in what is believed 

 to be Ashmead's handwriting, " Coccophagus pulcheUus Westwood." 

 The pin bears the additional data, " P. Marchal^ France, No. 2." 

 This is a distinct species that agrees very well with Westwood's 

 original description. It is a medium-sized species liberally marked 

 with yellow, wings hyaline, scutellum setose, abdomen rotund and 

 hardly longer than wide. 



Female. — Pronotum, mesoscutum, and abdomen completely black; 

 median portion of the propodeum black; remainder of head and 

 body mostly pure pale yellow. Axillae with a brownish suffusion. 

 Prepectus brownish. Antennae yellow, the numerous sensoria of the 

 flagellum blackish. Legs pure pale yellow except the apical tarsal 

 joints of all legs which are slightly dusky, and the tarsi of the fore 

 legs which are slightly brownish. All hairs and bristles of the legs 

 pale yellow. Mandibles slightly brownish. Eyes dark chocolate. 



