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funicle, which is cylindrical oval; joint 2 of the funicle nearly twice the length of the 
proximal funicle joint, cylindrical, wider than the proximal funicle joint; joint 3 of 
the funicle a third shorter and broader than funicle joint 2, subequal to the pedicel; 
club shghtly shorter than the funicle, more compact and some-:vhat broader, its 
component joints subequal, the intermediate joint slightly the shortest, subequal 
to funicle joint 3, the terminal joint conical, subequal in length to the proximal joint 
of the club, but somewhat narrower. Setae of funicle longest. 
Wings hyaline, both pairs uniformly ciliate in the disk, the hind wings less densely 
so. Proximal tarsal joint longest in the caudal legs a half again longer than the tibial 
spur, but not longer than the following three tarsal joints. The middle tibial spur a 
third longer than the proximal joint of the intermediate legs. 
Male: Pedicel of antennae small, subtriangular, very much smaller than the 
first funicle joint; joints 1 to 3 of the funicle subequal, gradually, slightly enlarging 
cephalad, each at least thrice the size of the pedicel, their attachments lateral, the 
cephalic margin of the opposite halves of their apices conspicuously concayed, so 
that the opposite lateral angle is acute (not visible in some aspects); funicle joint 4 
longest and broadest, its attachment central, a third longer than the proximal funicle 
joint and a fourth longer than the third funicle joint; joint 5 of the funicle distinctly 
narrower and shorter than joint 4, subequal in length to joint 3 but narrower; the 
club joint conic, much narrower, and subequal in length to funicle joints 3 and 5. 
Longitudinal carinae prominent. 
Longitudinal fasciation of the body not distinct as in the female, and therefore 
this sex is not very much like the female. 
The species has not been mentioned in the literature other than as recorded in 
foregoing. 
5. Coccophagus lecanit (Fitch). 
This species was first described from New York State by Asa Fitch (1859) who 
placed it in the genus Platygaster Latreille. Just twenty years afterwards, Miss 
Emily A. Smith (1878a) redescribed it as-new under the name Coccophagus lecanii 
from specimens reared in Illinois; and three years later, Howard (1881) again de- 
scribed it as new to science under the name Coccophagus ater; in the same publication, 
Howard established the identity of Platygaster lecani (Fitch) and Coccophaqus 
lecanti KE. A. Smith, placing the species in the proper family and genus. Again, 
Howard (1895) established the identity of his species ater with lecanii (Fitch), and 
in addition expressed the opinion that lecanii (Fitch) may possibly be synonymie with 
the European Coccophagus scutellaris (Dalman), but that the existing descriptions 
