NO. 2136. REVISION OF THE GENUS APIIYCUS—TIMBERLAKE. 577 



thorax abundant but inconspicuous on account of its pale color. 

 Length, 0.8 mm., exclusive of ovipositor. 



Head, thorax, and abdomen uniformly deep orange yeUow, with a 

 slight brownish tinge, antennae and legs concolorous but slightly 

 paler. Wings nearly hyaline, but a faint, integumentary yellowish 

 cloud present on the basal half to the tip of the stigmal vein; the 

 veins pale brownish. Exserted part of ovipositor blacldsh at apex. 



Male. — Similar to the female, but the front and vertex a little wider, 

 not over one-half longer than wide; the front, face, cheeks, and under- 

 side of body paler yellow; the wings perfectly hyahne. Length: 

 0.7 mm. 



Redescribed from eight females (co types), one male reared from 

 Pseudococcus virgatus (Cockerell), July 3, 1895, Brownsville, Texas 

 (C. H. T. Townsend), Insectary No. 5636"^, the male not forming a 

 part of the type series. 



Type.— Csit. No. 5046, U.S.N.M. 



3. ACEROPHAGUS GUTIERREZIAE, new species. 



Aphycus tcxanus Cockerell and Parrott (not Howard), Industrialist, May, 

 1899, p. 278. 



Female. — Similar to A. texanus (Howard) in all respects but the 

 following: Front and vertex a little wider, about one-half longer than 

 wide, more coarsely alutaceous; the ocelli fully their own diameter 

 from the eye margin, the anterior ocellus considerably posterior to 

 the center of the front and vertex, the ocellar angle fully 90°. Anten- 

 nal scape slenderer, the pedicel as long as the first four funicle joints. 

 Wings with the oblique hairless streak more narrowly separated from 

 the posterior margin of wing. Ovipositor protruded slightly more or 

 nearly one-third the length of abdomen. Length: 0.7 mm. 



Coloration entirely paler than in A. texanus, the notum of thorax 

 pale orange yellow, the head, underparts, and appendages still paler 

 yellow. Wings nearly hyaline, showing but a slight trace of a yellow- 

 ish cloud on basal half. 



Male. — One poorly preserved male with the head missing shows no 

 marked divergence from the female in coloration. 



Described from tlii*ee females, one male (type, allotype, and para- 

 types) reared from Pseudococcus gutierreziae (Cockerell), Las Cruces, 

 New Mexico (T. D. A. Cockerell), Insectary No. 7282"^, all in poor 

 condition. 



Type.— Cat. No. 19119, U.S.N.M. 



4. ACEROPHAGUS ERII, new species. 



Female. — Front and vertex but very slightly longer than wide; 

 the ocelli in a slightly obtuse-angled triangle, the posterior pair their 

 own diameter from eye margin, and nearly twice their diameter from 

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