NOTES OX COCCID-INFESTING CHALCIDOIDEA — II. 249 



PwpodeoH smooth, reticulate towards the antero-lateral angles, with 3 bristles 

 behind each spiracle towards the mid line. 



Wings : fore wings narrower than in C. afer, with a longer fringe, nearly three 

 times as long as broad ; length (excluding fringe) "9 mm. ; breadth, "S'i mm. ; 

 the marginal is shorter than in C. afer, the proportions of the veins being approximately 

 10 : 3 : 1 : 1. Fewer bristles on the submarginai and base of the marginal (6 and 3), 

 while behind the marginal towards the base the heavy bristles stand only 2-3 deep ; 

 one rather long bristle at the end of the post-marginal ; on the radius stand 2 clear 

 bristles at the base, 3 on the stalk, and 2 at each side towards the stigma (fig. 6 c). 

 Hind wings : length, -75 mm. ; breadth, -18 mm. 



Fore legs : coxae (3 : 2) with a median patch of 9-10 miimte bristles on the 

 inside ; femur (25 : 7) with no ventral row of bristles, but beyond one-half, 6-7 of 

 the subventral row project over the edge ; tibia (7 : 2) with the upper apical angle 

 chitinised ; one stouter median subapical spinose bristle posteriorly ; comb of 

 7 clear spines anteriorly, and one coloured spine above the apical chitinisation ; 

 12-14 spines in the tarsal comb. 31 id legs : femur (6:1) widest at one-third from 

 the apex ; tibia just shorter than the femur, narrowest (1:9) at two-fifths before 

 the apex (2 : 9) ; 6-7 peg-like spines anteriorly at the apex, and a short fine-pointed 

 thin one above the spur, which is longer than the first tarsal joint : joints 1-4 with 

 heavy spines, (a) 18-20, (6 and c) 5-6, {d) 3. Hind legs : tibial comb with 14 

 bristles ; the coxa has one strong bristle above the trochanter, and several short and 

 fine on the anterior outer half. Proportions of the tarsal joints : — 



Fore .. 27 15 13 13 20 



Mid ..45 20 15 15 20 



Hind ..35 22 18 15 20 



Abdomen mainly smooth dorsally ; tergite 2 on the anterior half with a band of 

 thickened raised cells, so loosely connected as to give the impression (medianly at 

 least) of 4-6 rows of irregular punctures. From the extreme sides of this band, and 

 backwards to the tip of the abdomen the upper surface of the tergites is uarrowlv 

 reticulate ; all the tergites are convex posteriorly and the 2nd is straight anteriorlv. 

 Sternite 5 bears posteriorly three rows each of 6-7 bristles, and a patch of about 

 10 in front on each side of the middle line. Free part, of the sheath two-fifths 

 of the base. 



Length, 1*2 mm. ; alar expanse, just over 2 mm. 



Tyjje — $ in the British Museum. 



Gold Coast : 2 2$, Aburi, ex Leconium sp. on Tephrosia vogelii, 19 . xii . 15 

 {W. H. Patterson). 



Genus Cerapterocerus, Westw. 



Cerapterocerus, West wood, Mag. Nat. Hist., vi, 1833, p. 495. 



The species now described is similar to that figured by Dr. Masi (Boll. Lab. Zool. 

 Port., iv, 1909, p. 6, fig, 5) under the name C. corniger, Walk. (Ent. Mag., v, 1837, 

 p. 114), Dr. Masi's examples, which, as he now agrees with me, are not referable 

 to Walker's species, were bred from Ceroplastes rusci at Catanzaro, and again at 

 Portici ; they represent a distinct species, which requires a name, if C. latevittatus, 

 A. Costa (Atti Accad. Sc. Napoli, ix, pt. 11, 1882, p. 38), is as Dr. Masi suggests 



(C32.-,) D 



