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AcerophagUS COCCOis -^'- •^^ describee! from fifteen bred specimens. 

 Imago $ Length 9 to 10 mill, and 3 to 4 mill, wide, Figure XX. 

 Body of a yellowish cast. Head solid, yellowish brown, wide as thorax, 

 and wider than long, opaque. The antennae are not closely united, 

 are pubescent and nine jointed, all the joints are of uniform color, a 

 trifle lighter than the head (Figure XXI) first and second joints 

 slender, second joint one third as long as the remaining eight, short 

 hairs issue from the sides, the third joint increases in width at once 

 and becomes at the apex twice the width as at the base. Tlie fourth* 

 fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth joints are short and increase both in 

 length and width. The ninth and last joint is oblong and very large, 

 the articles are not united closely and especially the last six, 

 these are somewhat pedunculated. 



The compound eyes are large, and are situated at the posterior 

 portion of the head, reaching to the neck and sides, they are 

 pear-shaped having a dark round spot on the inner and upper 

 portion of each e3'e. The ocelli are three in number, triangular 

 and of a brownish red. 



The thorax is broad and stout. A shield extends from the 

 shoulder to the metathorax and from the termination a second 

 shield, less dense, projects slightly over the abdomen. Wlien 

 the insect draws* itself together, tlie head presses down to the 

 shield, making it appear as though it had no neck. The wings 

 are membranous, hyaline, and ciliated. The fore wings have the 

 rib-vein running parallel with the margin, one half its length, 

 when it unites and extending outward and downward forms a stigma. 

 About one third tlie distance from the base tliere is slight space 

 extending across tlie wing free from pubescence. The upper and 

 lower basal of the margin ends in a thickened edge, the remainder 

 having a fringe of hairs. 



The lower wings are smaller, without -s-eins and form a fringe 

 on the lower portion. 



The six legs are of the same color as the body. The mesotho- 

 racic legs. Fig. XXIL, have the coxa large, the trochanter, femur 

 and tibia long, the apical spur of tibia strong, The tarsus is five 

 jointed, the first joint longest, and the last ending in two claws. 

 The apical spurs of the metathoracic tibiae are longer. Fig. XXIIL, 

 than of tlie two preceding tibiae and the first joint of the tarsus is 

 as long as the remaining four together. The legs are hairy, tlie' 

 tarsi provided with' the strong'est and greatest niimbef of hair?.' 



