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hairs; underside of head, thorax, and abdomen pale brownish j^ellow; 

 tegulae pale; legs concolorous with the underside of the body, the 

 tibiae each with two very obscure, scarcel}^ noticeable, brovv nish bands 

 or spots and the apical tarsal joint brownish. Scape with an oblique 

 blackish spot in middle; pedicel blackish basally; basal half of club 

 blackish; rest of antennae pale yellowish. 



Type-locality. — Coimbatore, South India. 



Type.— C&t. No. 22287, U.S.N.M. 



Described from four female specimens labeled: "Parasite on scales 

 on Lab-lab. Insectary. 9-X-1914." The host plant is probably 

 one of the hyacinth beans belonging to the genus Dolichos. 



ANICETUS CEYLONENSIS Howard. 



Three female specimens are labeled : "Parasite on scale on Lab-lab. 

 Coimbatore, South India. Insectary." Compared with the type 

 By "Lab-lab" is probably meant one of the hyacinth beans belonging 

 to the genus Dolichos. 



PARACOPIDOSOMOPSIS JAVAE Girault. 



Seven specimens labeled: "Parasite of Plusio, signata on Ragi, 

 Coimbatore, South India," have been compared with the Girault 

 types which were reared from Plusia, sp. from Salatiga, Java. The 

 Indian specimens are indistinguishable from the Javanese. 



EUCOMYS LECANIORinVI Mayr. 



Nine specimens of what appear to be this species are labeled: 

 "Parasite on Lecanium on cotton. Coimbatore, South India. 

 Y. R. coll." These specimens were compared both with Mayr's de- 

 scription and with a specimen determined as E. lecanioruni, reared 

 from Lecanium hesperidum from Portici, Italy. 



Family PTEROMALIDAE. 



EUPTE«OMALUS PARNARAE, new species. 



Very close to Eupteromalus nidulans (Foerster) Kurdjumov, but 

 differing by being much lighter green in color. 



Female. — Length, 2 mm. Head, thorax, abdomen, and coxae 

 green, the coxae more or less diluted with yellowish inwardly, the 

 middle pair mostly yellowish; antennal scape and legs, except coxae, 

 pale reddish testaceous; antennal flagellum dark brown; wings 

 hyaline, the venation and tegulae pale. Head and thorax with close 

 irregular thimble-like punctation; cheeks and clypeus with fine con- 

 verging striae; occiput delicately carinately margined; antennal 

 pedicel about equal to the two ring joints and first funicle joint com- 

 bined; first funicle joint very slightly longer than broad, the following 

 funicle joints subequal and subquadrate; club 3-jointed and about as 



