362 University of California Publications. [Entomologv 



Type of Genus 



Pseudococcobius ehrhorni Timberlake 



Cirrhencyrtus ehrhorni (Timberlake) 



Pseudococcobius ehrhorni Timberlake, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 50, 

 p. 564, 1916. 



Fig. 6 



The male hitherto unknown diif ers from the female as follows : 

 Frontovertex about one-fourth longer than wide ; antennae a 

 little smaller, more pubescent, the club obliquely acuminate on 

 the upper side. Coloration the same, except that the black dots 

 on venter at apex are absent, the metapostnotum and the ab- 

 domen above at center blackish brown, and the antennae pale 

 brownish with base of scape alone yellowish. Length, 1.1 mm. 



One male and female reared from Pscudococcus ryani (Co- 

 quillett) Berkeley, California, August 20, 1914 (C. P. Clausen), 

 Clausen no. 21. 



Tribe ECTROMATINI 



Tanaomastix,' n. gen. 



FEMALE 

 Head as wide as thorax, submenisciform, thin anteroposte- 

 riorly, the face to a slight degree inflexed ; seen from in front, 

 subcircular in outline with cheeks converging toward mouth at 

 nearly a right angle, about as wide as long ; seen from the side, 

 in outline subtriangular, the facial side longer tlian the dorsal 

 side, the latter being convexly rounded ; occiput concave, the 

 neck inserted near the center, the occipito-vertical margin acute ; 

 frontovertex rather broad, as wide as long, the ocelli in a right 

 angle, the posterior pair farther removed from eye-margin than 

 from the occipital margin ; eyes large, broadly oval, a little wider 

 on lower half, the dorsal orbits nearly parallel, posteriorly reach- 

 ing to the occipital border ; face reaching considerably upward 

 between the eyes, a little longer than wide, the scrobes distinct 

 but not deep, converging above but not meeting, separated by 

 a very slightly arched ridge, which is hardly visible in side view 

 of head ; cheeks short and narrow, hardly longer than one-half 

 the width of the eyes : mandibles normal for tribe, long and 

 narrow with two acute teeth; antennae (fig. 7, B) inserted close 



•''From Tavab^, tapering, long, and i] fxaarL^, whip, in reference to the 

 antennae. 



