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COCCOPHAGUS NIGRIFRONS Wollaston 

 CoccopJiagus nigrifrons Wollaston, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 3, 1858, p. 27, 



From the island of Madeira, in 1858, Wollaston described a spe- 

 cies in the following words: " C foem. niger; antennis piceis, cla- 

 vatis, corporis dimidio brevioribus; scutello flavo apice nigro; 

 abdomine nigro-aeneo; femoribus nigris, tarsis anticis fulvis; alis 

 hyalinis. — Long. corp. y^, alar % lin." 



In a recent publication Mercet questionably refers a species, reared 

 by Doctor Paoli from Coccus hesperidv/tn Linnaeus, collected on the 

 Island of Madeira, to C. nigrifrons Wollaston.*^ Mercet says that 

 the specimens obtained by Doctor Paoli are not in entire agreement 

 with Wollaston's description, since they have the legs yellow except 

 for the middle and hind coxae and hind femora which are blackish. 

 He also said that the specimens collected by Paoli have the scutellum 

 setose and the species is related to C. scutellaris (Dalman). On the 

 basis of the published evidence, it appears that the specimens stud- 

 ied by Mercet are referable to C. scutellaris (Dalman) and are not 

 the same as the species described by Wollaston. Since C. scuteUaHs 

 (Dalman) and G. lecanii (Fitch), or one of its forms, usually co- 

 exist and share Coccus hesperidwm Linnaeus as a host, it seems 

 likely that Wollaston studied C. lecanii, or one of its closely allied 

 forms, for his description states that the femora are black and the 

 logical assumption is that the reference is to all the femora and 

 not to the hind femora as interpreted by Mercet. 



COCCOPHAGUS PURPUREUS Ashmead 



CoccopJiagus purpureus Ashmead, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 13, 1886, p. 

 182.— Howard, Div. Ent. U. S. D. A. Tech. Ser. No. 1, 1895, p. 36. 



COCCOPHAGUS NUBECULUS Brethes 



Coccophagus nubeculus Brethes, Ann. Nac. Mus. Buenos Aires, vol. 24, 1913, 

 p. 97. 



COCCOPHAGUS LUCANI Girault 



Coccophagus lucani Girault, Insec. Insc. Menst, vol. 10, 1922, p. 108. 



COCCOPHAGUS POEI Girault 



Coccophagus poei Giraxjlt, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 4, 1915, p. 55. 



COCCOPHAGUS FUNERALIS Girault 



Plate 12, Figure 146 ; Plate 13, Figure 152 

 Coccophagus funeralis Girault, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 4, 1915, p. 185. 



In the original description, it is said that the type specimen is a 

 female. I have had the privilege of examining the specimen and 

 believe that it is a male. 



« Mercet. Eos. Rev. E'sp. Ent., vol. ;^, No. 4, 1927, pp. 494-496. 



