686 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol. 50. 



APHYCOPSIS AUSTRALIENSIS (Howard). 



Fig. 33. 

 Aphycus australiensis How AUD, Proc. U.S.Nat. Mus., vol. 21, 1898, pp. 241, 245. 



Female. — Front and vertex one-half longer again than wide; ocelli 

 in an obtuse-angled triangle, the posterior pair about their own 

 diameter from the eye margin; antennal scrobes deep and moderately- 

 wide, convergmg and nearly uniting above, the facial prominence 

 well elevated; eyes nearly bare. Antennal scape subcylindrical with 

 the apical half somewhat swollen and excavated on the under side, 

 nearly four times longer than greatest diameter; pedicel about equal 

 to the third funicle joint in length and greatest width; all funicle joints 

 of nearly equal length, the first, fifth, and sixth a trifle shorter, 

 all increasing somewhat in width distad, the first a little longer 

 than wide, tlie second about equal in length and width, the follow- 

 mg more transverse, the sixth being nearly twice as wide as the 

 first; club somewhat oval, truncate at base, obhquely rounded at 

 apex, its first joint over twice as long as the third, its width slightly 

 greater than that of the last funicle joint, and its total length equal 

 to the last three funicle joints combined; all parts of antennae covered 

 with moderately thick, stiff, bristlelike hair. Wings uniformly 

 ciliated; oblique hairless streak narrowed above and extending 

 below almost to the posterior border of wing and nearly connecting 

 with the basal hairless streak. Ovipositor very slightly protruded. 

 Length, 1.4 mm. 



Color nearly uniformly orange yellow, slightly dusky on the 

 mesonotum; front and face somewhat brighter or more cadmium 

 yellow; collar of pronotum whitish, but tegulae concolorous though 

 paler than body, both unmarked with darker color; propodeum and 

 center of the dorsum of abdomen ])rown; legs and antennae con- 

 colorous with the body, the club of antennae shghtly brownish, 

 and the tip of the last jomt of tarsi blackish brown. Wmgs hyaline, 

 the veins pale yellowish. 



Kedescribed from two female (cotypes) reared from Pseudococcus 

 sp. on Eucalyptus, Melbourne, Victoria, Austraha (A. Koebele). 



Tijpe.— Cat. No. 5045, U.S.N.M. 



Genus ASTYMACHUS Howard. 

 Astymachus Howard, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 21, 1898, p. 238. 



The type and only known species, Astymachus japonicus Howard.* 

 will be easily recognized from Doctor Howard's description and need 

 not be further considered here. 



Type.—Csit. No. 5031, U.S.N.M. 



1 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 21, 1898, p. 239. 



