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joints combined; first two funicle joints subequal in length and width, 

 but Uttle wider than long, the following increasingly wider, the sixth 

 being about twice as wide as the first, the fifth noticeably longer than 

 the others; club more oval and rounded at apex than in the female, 

 about one-fourth wider than preceding joint and as long as the last 

 four joints of funicle combined. Wings as in female. Length, 0.7 

 to 1.2 mm, 



Coloration similar to the female but the center of occiput is dusky 

 or blackish, the black margin of scutum generally more pronounced, 

 the center of the scutum sometimes sufi^used with dusky, and with 

 two dusky lines on each side near the base, the dorsum of the abdomen 

 without the pale margins, and the dark parts of antennae more brown- 

 ish. The scape, base of pedicel, first one or two funicle joints, and 

 club brown to blackish brown; the base, apex, and line on upper mar- 

 gin of scape, apex of pedicel, and last four funicle joints yellowish to 

 orange yellow. 



Described from one female, twelve males (type, allotype, and para- 

 types a to Ic) reared from Lccanium sp., on Japanese persimmon, 

 Millheim, Texas, April 28 to May 12, 1896 (J. H. Krancher) ; one 

 female, one male (paratypes I and m) reared from an unknown host 

 on sumach, St. Louis, Missouri, August 28, 1878 (C. V. Riley) ; five 

 females (paratypes o to s) reared from Lecanium corni Bouche, 

 Ithaca, New York, May 10, 1895 (M. V. Slmgerland) ; one female 

 (paratype n) reared from Lecanium corni Bouche on ash, Guelph, 

 Ontario, June 9, 1907 (T, D. Jarvis) ; one male (paratype /) Lansing, 

 Michigan (A. J. Cook) ; and one male (paratype u) South Kirtland, 

 Ohio, labeled "A. C. 3524." 



Type.— Cat. No. 18366, U.S.N.M. 



8. APHYCUS SUBFASCIATUS, new species. 



Figs. G, 39. 



Female. — Front and vertex about twice as long as wide; ocelli in 

 an equilateral triangle, the posterior pair nearly their own diameter 

 from the eye margin; antcnnal scrobes shallow and the facial promi- 

 nence moderately elevated; eyes with a slight, very short pubescence. 

 Antennal scape about one-half as wide as long, widest across the 

 middle; pedicel a little longer than the first tlu-eo funicle joints com- 

 bined; funicle joints aU subequal in length except the fifth wliich is 

 about one-fourth longer, aU distinctly wider than long except the 

 fifth, the sixth about twice as wide as the first or second; club sub- 

 rectangular, the apex truncate, about one-third wider again than 

 the preceding joint and as long as the last four funicle joints com- 

 bined. Wings as in A. rileyi except that the band of transparent 

 cilia is wider and extends entirely across disl\: of wing. Ovipositor 

 barely protruded beyond apex of abdomen. Length, 1.7 mm. 



