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Mesoscutum also has a fine shagreening. Mesoscutellum and parap- 
sides of mesoscutum very finely shagreened, without larger punctures; 
abdomen smooth. General color black, shining, tegule brown; eyes 
dark reddish brown; antenne light brown, with darker longitudinal 
raised lines on flagellar joints. Hairs of thorax whitish, lighter on 
mesoscutellum. Last half of mesoscutellum and center of postscutel- 
lum bright lemon-yellow. Wing veins dark brown. All femora brown 
or black, somewhat yellowish at either extremity. All tibiz straw- 
yellow, with the exception of the posterior pair, which have a brown 
annulus near base; all tarsi straw-yellow, with the fifth joint dark 
brown. 
Male.—Averages about half the size of the female; abdomen small, 
much narrower than thorax; antenne longer than thorax, scutellum 
dark. 
Described from many male and female specimens. Parasitic upon 
Lecanium quercitronis Fiteh, New York; Pulvinaria innumerabilis, 
Illinois, Miss Smith; District of Columbia (Division of Entomology) ; 
Cambridge, Mass., W. Trelease; Flatbush, Long Island, New York, 
J. L. Zabriskie; Lecanium pruinosum, Los Angeles, Cal., D. W.Coquil- 
lett; Lecanium persice, Ithaca, N. Y. (Department of Agriculture); 
Pseudococcus aceris, Jamaica Plain, Mass., J. G. Jack; Lecanium hes- 
peridum, District of Columbia (Department of Agriculture); Los Ange- 
les, Cal. (Department of Agriculture); Lecaniwm on plum, Medina, 
Ohio, F. M. Webster. 
Coccophagus fraternus Howard. 
Coccophagus fraternus Howard. Report Entomologist, Annual Rep. U. 8. Dept. 
Agric., 1880, p. 359. 
Coccophagus fuscipes Howard. Report Entomologist, Annual Rep. U. 8. Dept. 
Agric., 1880, p. 359. 
Female.—Length, 0.78 mm.; expanse, 2 mm.; greatest width fore- 
wings, 0.36 mm. Thoracie punctures much as with C. lecanii, but 
mesoscutum is smoother and the larger punctures are not arranged in 
longitudinal rows. Thoracic bristles black, except those on meso- 
seutellum, which are white. Tip of mesoscutellum bright yellow, some- 
what orange, dividing line between yellow and black very irregular. 
Center of postscutellum only slightly yellowish. All cox and femora 
black, whitish at tips. AI] tibiae dark brown in middle, whitish at 
either end. 
Male.—Somewhat smaller than female; antenne longer, club propor- 
tionately considerably longer, each of the joints as long as each of the 
immediately preceding funicle joints. Coloration like that of female, 
except that the yellow tip of mesoscutellum is wanting. 
Described from many female and male specimens. Parasitic upon 
Lecanium persice, District of Columbia (Department of Agriculture); 
Agricultural College, Michigan (A. J. Cook). 
