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3. First four tarsal joints of middle leg white, iucliulin.s til)i:il coronet of 



spines 1)i(sckii. new species. 



Not white, tihial coronet black 4 



4. First and fifth tarsal joints black, rest white ,/(/re».s/.s-, new si)ecies. 



First and fifth and at least part of the second tarsal joint black * 5 



5. General color white, tinged in spots with dark reddish orange, dotted with 



black piilrJiclliis Howard. 



General color light orange-yellow, with black dots (no red or white). 



vie.riciiii ttx Howard. 



Perissopterus capillatus, new species. 



Fcnutle. — Length 1 nun.; expanse 2.10 mm.: greatest width of 

 fore wing 0.3fi. Eyes closely and plainly hairy. Eyes well sepa- 

 rated ; ocelli at angles of obtuse-angled triangle. Vertex and occiput 

 faintly feticnlate, thorax smooth. The fore wings appear spotted 

 with patches of dark cilia, the spots not connected in a reticulate pat- 

 tern as with P. pidchcllus and P. mexicanvs. Head luiiform orange- 

 yellow, eyes red ; mesonotum lemon-yellow, metanotum darker ; abdo- 

 men marked with alternating transverse bands of light yellow and 

 honey-yellow: antenna^ light yellowish; legs very light in color, 

 femora dusky at tip; middle and hind tibia? dusky at tips and with 

 two other dusky .spots on bands; first and fifth tarsal joints dusky. 



Male. — Unknown. 



Type.—^o. 10313, U. S. National Museum. Described from 11 

 female specimens reared by Mr. Koebele from Lepidomp'hes pallens 

 Maskell {Mytilaspis pallens) on Xanthorrhoea,, Sydney, New South 

 Wales. December 20. 1895. 



Perissopterus noumeaensis, new species. 



Fernale. — Length 0.86 mm.: ex])anse 1.9 mm.; greatest width of 

 fore wing 0.3 mm. Eyes with numerous fine black hairs. General 

 color dingy yellowish white: antennal club dark brown, nearly black: 

 scape, pedicel, and funicle lighter; lower face orange; sides of 

 mesoscutum with a thin line of brown ; abdomen with alternating 

 dark brown and whitish bands; femora slightly brownish above, 

 tibia' brownish at tips; middle tarsi entirely brownish yellow; hind 

 tarsi with first joint pallid, rest yellowish. 



Type. — No. 10314, LT. S. National Museum. Described from one 

 female specimen, bred Octoljer. 1899. from Aspidiotus sp, on cocoa 

 palm, Noumea, New Caledonia, by A. Koebele. 



Perissopterus busckii, new species. 



Male. — Length 0.76 mm. ; expanse 1.7 mm. ; greatest width of fore 

 wing 0.3 mm. Eyes naked. Markings of fore wings reticulate, not 

 arranged in spots. General color uniform orange-yellow: antennal 

 clul) brownish, lighter at {\\)\ scape whitish, pedicel dark above, 

 light below; metascutellum darker at sides; legs i^allid; all femora 

 with two dark spots below ; tibia' with four equidistant brown spots 



