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Subfamily TKTR^STICIIIN-^]. 

 TETRASTICHUS GOWDEYI, new species. 



Female. — Length about 1.1 mm. Dark greenish, so obscurely so 

 that in certain lights it appears black; antennae testaceous, the scape 

 whitish, the first joint of the funicle distinctly longer than the pedicel; 

 face finely lineolated; mesoscutem finely lineolated, the median 

 groove very distinct, the parapsidal furrows vnde and deep; median 

 lobe of mesoscutum with a single row of large punctures along parap- 

 sidal furrows; scutellum finely lineolated, with, two very distinct 

 longitudinal furrows, the area between them not so distinctly sculp- 

 tured as that laterad of them; metanotum about as long as propo- 

 deum, both indistinctly sub-reticulately lineolated; median carina 

 of propodeum distinct; legs whitish, the coxae greenish. 



Male. — Length about 1 mm. Similar to the female except for 

 secondary sexual characters. 



Hahitat. — Uganda, Africa; the female from Entebbe, the male from 

 Nyerime, near Lake Salisbury. 



The female was sent under number 2183, reared from coccid number 

 2169; the male has the record from coccid number 2168 on cotton. 



Other specimens have the same records and others from Nyerime 

 were from coccid number 2169 on cotton; all collected by ]Mr. G. C. 

 Gowdey and transmitted by the Entomological Research Committee 

 (Tropical Africa) . 



Types and paratypes. — In the British Museum (Natural History). 



Paraty pes.— Cat. No. 14585, U.S.N.M. 



This species is named after the collector. 



Siabfamily EILi^CIIERTIN"^^. 

 ELACHERTUS JOHANNSENI, new species. 



Female. — Length about 2 mm. Black, head almost smooth, with 

 setigerous punctures; antennae dark brown, first joint of funicle 

 about as long as pedicel, follomng joints successively decreasing in 

 length; pronotum longer than the mesoscutum, medially smooth, 

 laterally finely reticulated; lateral lobes of mesoscutum inwardly 

 smooth, outwardly with reticulations about as fine as those on pro- 

 notum; median lobe of mesoscutum more coarsely reticulated; 

 middle lobe along anterior margin wider than long (about as 12:7); 

 axillae, scutellum, metanotum, and propodeum smooth; scutellum 

 slightly longer than wide, flattened, so that the areas laterad of the 

 furrows definmg it are about in the same plane as the medial portion; 

 propodeum with a strong median carina; legs very dark brown, the 

 trochanters, extreme bases and apices of femora and the tibiae and 

 tarsi testaceous; postmarginal vein much shorter than marginal 

 (about 9:15); stigmal shorter; abdomen black, smooth. 



Male. — Unknown. 



