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PLAGIOMERUS DIASPIDIS, new species. 



Female. Length about I mm. Metallic colored, the head greenish 

 or bluish, the mesonotum bronzy black, the metathorax and base of 

 abdomen greenish or bluish, the resl of abdomen deep bronzy; face 



almost smooth, the vertex finely rough- 

 ened; antenna' li<rht yellowish, base of 

 scape and pedicel dark, basal joints of 

 funicle and the club slightly dusky; 

 mesonotum finely reticulate; scutellum 

 with very fine thimble-like punctures; 

 postscutellum and metathorax smooth; 

 wings strongly iridescent; legs dark, the 

 tarsi whitish; knees and apices of tibia' of 

 front legs, basal half and apices of femora, bases and apical half of the 

 tibia 1 of middle legs, knee-, base- and apices of tibia- of hind legs, 

 light colored ; abdomen smooth. 

 Malt . Unknown. 

 Type-locality. New Mexico. 

 Host. Diaspis cacti. 

 Type.— Cut. No. 12917, U.S.N.M. 



Fig. 5. 



PLAGIOMERUS DIASPIDIS, AN- 

 TENNA OF FEMALE. 



