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precluded conclusions in regard to that opinion. Previously, Putnam (1879, p. 332, 
footnote) had said: “I am very much inclined to think that Platygaster lecanii 
described by Fitch in his 5th New York Report, as infesting Lecaniwm quercitronis 
may prove to be really a Coccophagus nearly allied if not identical with this species. 
The description applies too well to easily believe that the two species belong to differ- 
ent families. In this event Dr. Fitch’s reference to the Proctotrupidae is of course 
wrong.” 
In 1898, de Dalla Torre held Miss Smith responsible for the species, entirely 
overlooking the original description of Fitch’s.t In view of the foregoing, the following 
is the synonymy of the species: 
Platygaster lecanw Fitch (1859). 
Coccophagus lecanit E. A. Smith (1878a). 
Coccophagus ater Howard (1881). 
Coccophagus lecanit Smith (de Dalla ‘Torre, 1898). 
Platygaster lecanii ‘Thomas, nec ‘Thomson (de Dalla ‘Torre, 1898, p. 474). 
The following hosts of the species are now known, listed chronologically : 
1. Eulecanium quercitronis (Fitch). Fitch, 1859. 
2. Pulvinaria innumerabilis (Rathvon). E. A. Smith, 1878a. 
3. Pulvinaria acericola (Walsh and Riley). E. A. Smith, 18785. 
4. Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus. Howard, 1881. 
5. Eulecanium persicae (Fabricius). Howard, 1895. 
6. Phenacoccus aceris (Signoret). Howard, 1895. 
7. Eulecanium pruinosum (Coquillett). Howard, 1895. 
8. Coccus ventralis Ehrhorn. Carnes, 1907. 
9. Eulecanium nigrofasciatum (Pergande). A. B. Gahan, in litt. June 
25, 1908). 
In addition to these nine specific records of hosts, it is recorded to have been 
reared from ‘‘Lecanium”’ on plum (Howard, Webster, 1895) and “‘ Lecaniwm” on 
maple (Howard, 1881). De Dalla Torre (1898) gives additionally (to the first seven 
hosts listed) Lecanium acericorticis which is a synonym of Pulvinaria innumerabilis 
(Rathvon), but he omits mention of Pulvinaria acericola (Walsh and Riley). In 
regard to the latter, it seems strange that Miss KE. A. Smith (1878 a, b) writing of the 
same parasite from the same locality at the same time, should record different specific 
hosts of the same genus; it is supposed by some to be synonymic with innumerabilis. 
1De Dalla Torre (1898, p. 474) also lists it as Platygaster lecanii Thoms. (sic) which therefore is a 
synonym of C. lecanii (Fitch). Smith (1881 6) mentioned and quoted Fitch’s description, stated that | 
it applied to her species but that the latter was chalcidoid not proctotrypoid and hence new. De 
Dalla Torre credited the article to the wrong author. 
