NOTES ON COCCID-INFESTING CHALCIDOIDEA — II. 247 



behind the marginal are 6 rows of heavy bristles on the basal side of the clear line ; 

 the radius bears, on the upper surface 2 dark bristles at the base and 1 at one-third 

 from the base. Hind wings over three times as long as broad ; length, -83 mm. ; 

 breadth, '25 mm. ; 6 minute bristles at the hooks. 



Legs similar to those of C. cyanonotus. Fore legs with the femur shorter (24 : 7) ; 

 tarsal comb with 15-16 spines ; tarsus as in cyanonotus. Mid legs with the tibia 

 not so broad apically (about 2:11); an extra spine on the fourth tarsal joint ; first 

 tarsal joint twice the second. Hind coxa with 3-4 bristles above the trochanter in 

 a perpendicular row ; tibial comb with 16 spines ; third and fourth tarsal joints 

 equal. 



Abdomen : first tergite posteriorly transversely striate ; second to fifth tergites 

 not broadly smooth ; the rest of the notopleural surface reticulate, raised and 

 rough on the overlaps and at the edges. Tergite 6 bears on its middle portion a row 

 of 10 bristles and there are 17-19 on the spiracular flap ; the seventh tergite bears 

 about 20 bristles ; on sternite 5 there is a posterior row of 6-7 bristles, and 24-26 

 shorter ones in front on each side of the mid line. Free part of sheath nearly half the 

 base. 



Length, 1-3 mm. ; alar expanse, 2-7 mm. 



Type — $ in British Museum. 



Gold Coast: Aburi, 2 $? ex Pulvinaria jacksoni, Newst., 2.ii.l6 {W. H. 

 Patterson). 

 Chiloneurus cyanonotus, sp. nov. (figs. 4-6). 



Eyes dark chocolate ; vertex and frons shining, metallic blue-green throughout 

 the narrowed portion of the frons, i.e., to the point where the orbits begin to diverge ; 

 flattened portion of the face down to the blackish mouth-edge semi-transparent, 

 light brown, gleaming, submetallic purplish, at least superiorly ; the triangular area 

 below the eye (part gena, part frons), seen in profile, metallic green with a brown tint 

 shining through ; occiput brownish, submetallic behind the vertex. Antenna from 

 scape to third funicular joint pale ; scape with a sKght dorsal and a distinct veiitral 

 blackish streak ; pedicel with a basal dorsal dark streak ; first and second joints of 

 funicle infuscated ; third joint lighter, fourth to sixth white ; club black. Sterno- 

 pleural surfaces and the axillae for the most part clear transparent brown, with slight 

 infuscation on the mesopleurae superiorly and posteriorly. Pronotum antero- 

 laterally also brownish, non-metallic ; metanotum a little darker, dull ; pronotum 

 broadly behind and in front, mesonotum broadly in front, and scutellum entirely 

 refringent, showing a play of colour changes in blue and green. Posteriorly the 

 mesonotum is mainly metallic blue, shining in part through silver, the latter effect 

 due to the short white pubescence across the middle of the mesonotum ; tegulae 

 brown, darker at the tips. Propodeon dark, a little paler medianly and at the 

 antero-lateral angles in front of the spiracle, with a slightly cupreous gleam. Fore 

 wings a little darker than in C. afer, with a small dark spot at the radix ; apical edge 

 of the cloud not so rounded as in C. afer, more transverse and irregular. Legs trans- 

 parent yello^vish-brown, with a dorsal streak on the fore femora and the dorsal basal 

 half of the mid tibiae infuscated ; in the mid legs the femur is quite pale on the basal 

 haK and in the hind legs the same contrast appears, though not so definitely. Abdomen 

 nearly black, with dark cupreous reflections. 



