IS PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL. MUSEUM vol.71 



APHIDENCYRTUS INQUISITOR (Howard) 



Encyrtus inquisitor Howard, Rept. U. S. Dept. Agri. 1880, p. 367, pi. 24, tig. 1. 



Encyrtus schizoneurae Ashmead, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 12, 1885, Proc. p. 16. 



Encyrtus aphidiphagus Ashmead, U. S. Dept. Agri., Div. Ent. Bull. 4, 1887, 

 p. 14. 



Encijrtus megourae Ashmead, U. S. Dept. Agri., Div. Ent. Bull. 14, 1887, p, 19. 



Ewyrtus ivehsteri Howard, Insect Life, vol. 2, 1890, p. 247, fig. 53. 



Zarhopalus inquisitor (Howard) Ashmead, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 22, 1900, 

 p. 4C6. 



Aphidencyrtus schizoneurae (Ashmead), aphidiphagus (Ashmead), megourae (Ash- 

 mead), and websteri (Howard) Ashmead, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 22, 1900, 

 pp. 399 and 400. 



Aphidencyrtus aphidiphagus (Ashmead) Gahan, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vol. 25, 

 1923, p. 195. 



Types of all the above cited species of ApJddencyrtus are in the 

 United States National Museum and a careful comparison of these 

 types in conjunction with a study of additional material has con- 

 vinced the writer that they are all one species. The slight differ- 

 ences pointed out by Girault^ for separation of the species are vari- 

 able and not of specific value. In the Girault article the statement 

 is made that {Encyrtus) Aphidencyrtus siphonophorae Ashmead is the 

 same as A. aphidiphagus Ashmead, but, as the writer has already 

 shown, ^ the type of (Encyrtus) Aphidencyrtus siphonophorae Ashmead 

 is in fact a Pachyneuron. Girault's statement was based upon spec- 

 imens wrongly determined by Ashmead and which Girault mistook 

 for the types. » 



Aphidencyrtus inquisitor seems to agree very well with the descrip- 

 tion of Aphidencyrtus aphidivorus (Mayr) as treated by Mercet* and 

 may be the same species. Unfortunately, no specimens of the Euro- 

 pean species are at hand for comparison. 



Types of (Encyrtus) Aphidencyrtus lachni (Ashmead) seem to be 

 missing from the national collection. The description indicates that 

 it is quite distinct from inquisitor. 



The type of (Blastothrix) Aphidencyrtus rosae (Ashmead) is partly 

 missing but enough remains to show that Howard'^ was correct in 

 placing this name in synonymy with Aphelinus mali Haideman. 



COCCIDENCYRTUS OCHRACEIPES, new species 



Differs from C. ensifer Howard and the other species of the genus 

 in that the antennae and legs, including all coxae, are pale yellow. 



Female. — Length 0.62 mm. Head as broad as thorax; frons moder- 

 ately broad, distinctly reticulate-punctate, slightly shining; ocelli in 

 a nearly equilateral triangle; antennal scape fusiform; pedicel about 

 twice as long as broad at apex; joints one to three of the funicle 



'Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., vol. 8, 1915, p. 283. 



« Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vol. 25, 1923, p. 185. 



* Fauu;i Iberica, Ilimenoptoros, Fam. Encyrtidos, 1921, p. 345. 



«Tech. Bull. 1, U. S. Div. Ent. 1895, p. 24. 



