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turn and tegulae whitish, the former with a small, brown dot on each 

 corner, and the posterior margin of the latter slightly brownish. 

 Antennal scape, except the base, apex, and a narrow line on the upper 

 margin, the basal third of pedicel, first funicle joint, and lower side of 

 the second joint and the club black; rest of antenna j^ellowish white. 

 Legs concolorous with the underparts; middle tibiae with two pair 

 of small, brown dots, the front and hind tibiae with two pair of larger, 

 nearly confluent, but much paler dots; last joint of all tarsi tipped 

 with blackish. Wings hyaline with the more transparent, ciliary 

 band described above; the veins pale brownish. 



Described from nine females (type and paratypes a to h) reared from 

 a Lecanium on Japanese persimmon, Millheim, Texas, April 24 to May 

 12, 1896 (J. H. Ki-ancher), Insectary No. 7042". 



Type.— C&t. No. 18368, U.S.N.M. 



12. APHYCUS PHYSOKERMIS, new species. 



Figs. 13, 42. 



Female. — Front and vertex a little less than twice as long as wide; 

 ocelli nearly in an equUateral triangle, the posterior pair usually 

 slightly nearer each other than either to the anterior ocellus, and 

 about one-half their own diameter from the eye margin; antennal 

 scrobes shallow and broad; eyes nearly bare. Antennal scape three 

 times as long as wide, widest across the middle; pedicel nearly as long 

 as the first four funicle joints combined; first four funicle joints of 

 equal length, increasing very slightly in width, all but the first dis- 

 tinctly wider than long, last two joints subequal in length and width, 

 decidedly longer and wider than the preceding joints, and over twice 

 as wide as the first; club oval in shape, rounded at apex, one-fifth 

 wider than last funicle joint and nearly as long as the preceding five 

 joints combmed. Wings uniformly and densely ciliated; oblique 

 hairless streak narrowed above and interrupted below, the cut-ofiP 

 portion not connecting with the basal streak. Body more robust 

 than in allied species, the abdomen considerably wider than the 

 thorax ; ovipositor very slightly protruding. Length, 0.9 to 1.5 mm. 



Front, vertex, and mesonotum dull orange yellow, brighter on the 

 head; face, cheeks, and underparts pale lemon yellow, the venter of 

 abdomen more gamboge yellow, with a blackish brown mfuscation 

 on each side of the middle, the center of occiput and the mesostemum 

 also dusky; collar of pronotum whitish with a black dot on each 

 corner; tegulae yellowish white and broadly marked with brown on 

 outer, apical corner; concealed part of pronotum, the metanotum, 

 propodeum, and dorsum of abdomen blackish brown, the latter with 

 lateral margins behind the vibrissae yellowish. Antennal scape 

 black with basal third and spot at apex yellowish white; base of 

 pedicel, fmiicle, and basal margin of club black; apex of pedicel and 



