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hind margin ; with 18-20 longish bristles on the narrow submarginal cell, 5 short 

 bristles at the hooks ; discal ciliation short, regular, only the base narrowly bare. 



Legs. Fore legs with the coxae (20 : 11) large, five-sixths of the femur in length, 

 pattern coarse, transverse and scaly on the outside, with 3 long bristles ventrally 

 and about a dozen above ; femur (8 : 3) covered with minute bristles on the 

 posterior aspect, on dorsal two-thirds 2-8 deep and ventral bristles, 3-4 deep, longer 

 and more widely spaced ; anteriorly 1-2 subventral rows of minute bristles, with 

 many more on apical two-thirds from dorsal edge to below half ; tibia (4:1) with 

 the apical comb interrupted, 2 spines at base of spur, 3 heavier ones above the 

 base of the tarsus, and 1 pre-apical median spine ; comb of first tarsal joint with 

 8-9 spines. Mid legs : anteriorly on the collar-like edge and perpendicularly above 

 the trochanter, the coxa bears 8-9 bristles, 3-4 being stout, as well as a patch of 

 (60-70 minute ones) ; femur (13 : 4) with 2-8 short bristles antero-subventrally up 

 to three-quarters from the base, otherwise bare, except for numerous minute 

 close-set subdorsal bristles mainly on the apical half ; tibial spur thin, a little over 

 three-quarters the first tarsal joint, which bears laterally 6-7 short sharp hvaline 

 (not peg-like) spines ; second to fourth tarsal joints bearing 4, 2, and 1 respectivelv. 

 Hind legs "nnth the coxa (5 : 3) very large, only a little shorter than the femur 

 (7:8), very coarsely raised- reticulate on the outer posterior aspect ; femur (3:1) 

 \vith a subventral row of about 10 bristles, those on the apical half being longer ; 

 between these longer bristles and the dorsal edge are about 20 bristles on the apical 

 third ; posteriorly above the tibial impression are 5-6 bristles, while the apical 

 third, as on the anterior surface, bears several minute bristles ; tibia moderatelv 

 flattened (6:1), densely clothed with bristles, along the dorsal edge 30 or upwards 

 stouter and hyaline, increasing in length apically, form a conspicuous closelv 

 appressed row ; at the upper anterior apical angle stand 2 short stout spines, and 

 2 others not so strong below the middle just clear of the two spurs ; the posterior 

 comb consists of 12-13 spines ; the first tarsal joint bears ventrally up to 10 clear 

 sharp spines, there being 3 on the second joint, and 1 on the third, besides other 

 finer bristles. In all the tarsi, joints 3-5 are approximately in the ratio 18 : 15 : 21, 

 the fifth being a little longer in the hind tarsus. In the fore legs 1 and 2 are in the 

 same scale 36 : 24, in the mid legs 66 : 30, and in the hind pair 50 : 30. 



Abdomen broad (5:4), about one-fifth ■s^'ider than the thorax and one-quarter 

 longer, the sides very convex (tergites 2-4 when flattened out much the broadest), 

 jDOSteriorly shortly pointed. Tergite 1 much the longest (8), 2-5 subequal (about 

 5), 6 shorter (the exposed part only 2|). In tergite 1 the posterior margin is 

 medianly gently convex, in 2-4 nearly straight, in 6 medianly convex, with a 

 shallow concavity at each side before the spiracle. In the ovipositor the free 

 portion of the sheath (less than one-third of the base) bears 5 bristles proximally 

 and 10 on the pointed apical half ; the base bears a row of 7-8 bristles. In the 

 actual ovipositor only the apical one-tenth is serrate, bearing 3-4 rather large 

 subapical teeth. 



Length, about 1| mm. ; alar expanse, 3 mm. 



Gold Coast: Aburi, "on cocoa Coccid," 4.i.l3, 4 $? (IF. H. Patterson). 



Type in the British Museum. 



