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INSECTS AFFECTING THE ORANGE. 



Fig li.—Comys hicolor. (After Howard.! 



The forcfjoing parasites, belonging to the geuns Coceophagm^ hare 

 eight-joiuted autenuiB. In the genus Comys the antennse are eleven- 

 jointed, the shiehl upon the back 

 {scutellum) terminates in a tuft of 

 long, stiff hairs, and the fore wings 

 are clouded with brown. 



Comys hicolor Howard (Fig. 1^5) is 

 the largest parasite o( Lecanium hcs- 

 peridum. It has dark-brown eyes, 

 head and face yellowish brown, col- 

 lar shining black, remainder of tho- 

 rax yellowish-brown, with black 

 hairs ; abdomen shining black. The 

 first and second pairs of legs are 

 resiiecti\-elj' dark and light brown, 

 with the thighs white below, fnscoiis 

 above; the hind legs dark, with silvery white tarsi; length 1.75™™ (0.07 

 inch). This ])arasite is found in company with Coccophagus hcanii. 



Being larger it inhabits the 

 full grown scales, while the 

 Coccophagus attacks only those 

 which are partly grown. The 

 Bark-lice which contain \m\vxi 

 of this i)arasite turn black as 

 with the preceding species. 



Encyrius flaviis Iloward 

 (Figs, l-i and 15). — In this spe- 

 cies the antennre are eleven- 

 jointed, but the scntclhim is 

 lustrous and without the tuft 

 of hairs. The sexes are very 

 dissimilar. Female^ general 

 color ocher yellow; eyes brownish ; eyelets carmine; antennae brownish, 

 or yellowish at base, three intermediate joints biilliant white, club at 



the end black; the lore-wings 

 dusky, clear at base, with a clear 

 band across the middle, and two 

 triangular clear spaces on the 

 outer third. Length, 1.2'""' (0.05 

 incli). Mak, color shining me- 

 tallic green, with bronze tinge on 

 the back ; legs light yellow, dusky 

 at tips; antennae dusky, yellow 

 at base, the joints covered with 

 long hairs. Length, 0.85°"" (0.03 



Fio. 15.— 2;«cj/r(itsy^ai'!«, female. (After Iloward.) iucll). 



QcograpUical Distrihution and Food Flants.^Lecanium hesperidum 



Fig. li.—Eneyrtiis Jlamis, male. (After Howard.) 



