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Coccophagus purpureus Ashmead. 
Coccophagus purpureus Ashmead. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., vol. x11, p. 132, 1886. 
Female.—Length, 0.10 inch. Robust and of a uniform purplish black 
color throughout, including abdomen, coxie and femora; the surface is 
very finely punctate, and the tibiz and tarsi are yellow; wings, except 
at base, brown. 
Captured on gall-berry bushes. 
I have not seen this species, but Mr. Ashmead tells me that there is 
no doubt it is a true Coccophagus. It differs from all known species in 
the infuscated wings. 
Coccophagus flavifrons Howard. 
Coccophagus flavifrons Howard. Bulletin 5, Bureau Entomology, U. S. Dept. 
Agric., 1885, p. 25. 
Coccophagus koebelei Howard. Bulletin 5, Bureau Entomology, U. 8. Dept. 
Agric., 1885, p. 24. 
Female.—Length, 1 mm.; expanse, 2 min.; greatest width fore-wings, 
0.35 mm. Punetation of thorax nearly obsolete. Scutellum perfectly 
smooth, except for faint shagreening. Hairs black; eyes, clypeus, 
occiput, abdomen, and dorsum of thorax black, with a bluish metallic 
luster upon abdomen. Face, antennal scape, all tibize, middle femora, 
honey-yellow; hind femora black at base, yellowish at tip; front femora 
brownish at base, yellow at tip; tegule dark yellow or brown; edge of 
mesoscutum just above tegulie, also brown; wing veins fuscous. 
Male.—Somewhat smaller; uniform black except tegule, which are 
brownish; antenne light brown, scape black; all femora black, except 
at tips; all tibixe and tarsi yellow; extreme tip of meso- and metascu- 
tellum yellowish. 
Described from three females and one male. Parasitic upon Leca- 
nium sp. on Pinus australis (A. Koebele, Department of Agriculture). 
Coccophagus flavoscutellum Ashmead. 
Coccophagus flavoscutellum Ashmead. Florida Ag.iculturist, vol. Iv (1881), p. 65. 
Coccophagus vividus Howard. Bulletin 5, Bureau Entomology, U.S. Dept. Agri- 
culture, 1885, p. 25. 
Female.—Length, 1.05 mm.; wing expanse, 1.96 mm.; greatest width 
of fore-wing, 0.35mm. General color, shiny black; antenne light brown, 
with the customary dark brown longitudinal carine; greater part of 
mesoscutellum and visible portion of metascutellum bright orange- 
yellow, the line of juncture of the two colors on the mesoscutellum 
straight and sharp; tegulwe yellow-brown; all cox and femora brown, 
yellow at joints; all tibizw and tarsi yellow, occasionally a dusky patch 
near base of hind tibixe; fifth tarsal joint brown. Entire mesoscutum 
very finely punctate. 
Male.—Length, 0.55 mn.; wing expanse, 1.47 mm.; greatest width of 
fore-wing, 0.25 mm. Color as in female, except that the tegule are 
brown and the scutellum is black, sometimes yellow at extreme tip. 
