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Coqnillctt, at Los Angeles, Cal.,July 21, 18d7, I'roui adult female of Icerya purvhasi. 

 It was reared in a box containing only three or four of the scales so there can be lit- 



FiG. 64. — Thoron opaciis, Howard ; a, antenna ; b, c, d, fore, middle, and hind legs ; e, last tibial and first 

 tarsal joints of fore leg ; /, abdomen; g, wings ; h, hooks of hind wing— all much enlarged (Original). 



tie doubt of its having lived at the expense of one of thein. Mr, Coquillett reared 

 another specimen August 29, 1887, but this I have not seen. 



COCCOPHAGUS CALIFORNICUS, sp. nov. 



i^cmaZe.— Length, 1.4'""' ; expanse, 2.1""" ; greatest width of fore wing, 0.39'"'". Ab- 

 domen broader than thorax and one-third louger. Pedicel and joints 2 and 3 of funi- 

 cle subequal in length ; joiut 1 of 

 funicle one-third longer. Eyes 

 rather more plainly hairy than 

 usual. General color dark brown, 

 nearly black, no punctation visi- 

 ble. Mesoscatellum lighter in 

 color than rest of thorax except 

 at immediate base, its posterior 

 edge with a narrow band of bright 

 lemon-yellow, extending from one 

 lateral angle around the curved 

 border to the opposite lateral 

 angle, of nearly equal width 

 throughout, at its widest portion 

 measuring .027'""'; all coxie brown: 

 all trochanters yellowish-white ; 

 all femora brown, yellow at tip, 

 more yellow at tip of front femora. 

 less at tip of middle, and still less 

 at tip of posterior femora; front 



tibi:e light yellow, very slightly dusky; middle tibije entirely light yellow; hind 

 tibiie yellowi-sh with a brownish shade near base ; all tarsi yellowish-white, last joint 



Fig. 6a.—Cocc(ipha(jug californicus, Howard— enlarged 

 (Original). 



