A CECID BRED FROM COCCIDZE. 181 
Diplosis coccidarum, n. sp. 
é forceps. palpus. @ genitalia (from above). @ genitalia (side view). 
?. Length about 14 millim.; thorax and abdomen scarlet, 
thorax quite dusky above, abdomen slightly so; legs blackish, 
inner side of femora pale; wings hyaline, strongly purple- 
iridescent. Antenne about } millim. long, moniliform, with 14 
(2 + 12) joints, which are hairy (the last but sparsely so), and 
regularly diminish in size towards the end, excepting the two 
basal joints, which are shorter than the third. Crown of head 
with 5 or 6 hairs directed forward; thorax with many hairs 
directed backward; scutellum with 4 rather long hairs; each 
segment of abdomen fringed with hairs above and below; geni- 
talia hairy ; femora with a row of long hairs on one side; tibie 
and tarsi with only short hairs. Halteres large, pyriform, with 
only a few very short hairs. Antenne inserted about half-way 
between mouth and crown; palpi of four joints, the first very 
broad and short, the second longer, and emitting several hairs, 
the third equal to the second, and emitting a single rather long 
hair, the fourth longest, with two short hairs at its end. Thorax 
not much arched; abdomen stout, with 8 segments plainly 
visible ; ovipositor short ; its basal joint largest, and broad when 
viewed from the side, emitting two loug, and other shorter hairs, 
terminal joint very hairy, but the hairs mostly short. Wings 
hairy, lower margin with a thick fringe of long hairs; no cross 
vein; second longitudinal vein strong and straight; third longi- 
tudinal vein very weak, but with both branches continued to the 
margin. 
Described from a fresh specimen, which emerged in a box 
containing leaves of lignum-vite, on which were Aleurodes, n. sp., 
and Aspidiotus aurantii, Mask., and a young fruit of Anona, 
partly covered with Dactylopius, n.sp. Hab. Kingston, Jamaica ; 
emerged June, 1892. 
Var. a, 2. Antenne 16-jointed, black; wings longer than 
body; body orange-red, legs brownish, hind legs as long as body 
+ wings; length of body about 1 millim.; all the wing-veins 
distinct. 
Described from specimens bred from Coleus, on which were 
many Orthezia insignis, Dougl., and a few Dactylopwus, found in 
Kingston, Jamaica, by Miss L. A. Long. 
Var. b, ¢. Smaller than var. a, only one specimen found, in 
