246 rnof'EEDiNGS of the national mtseum. 



Eight females, bred from Dactylopius virgatus, July, 1895, Browus- 

 ville, Texas, Prof. 0. H. T. Townsend. 

 Type.— No. 5040, U.S.N.M. 



APHYCUS OAXACAE, new species. 



Female. — Length, 1.2S mm.; expanse, 2.7 mm. Aiitennal scape per- 

 fectly cylindrical; veitex broad; ocelli very large, forming a riglit- 

 angled triangle; head with vertex orange, face and cheeks black, with 

 th(^ exception of a broad white band below eyes and crossing face; 

 scape black, with a whitish central spot below; i)edicel black, whitish 

 at tip, fnnicle and club dark brown ; mesoscutum black anteriorly, red- 

 dish brown jmsteriorly, scutellnm and scapnlae brown; abdomen black, 

 with brownish borders; proi)leura dirty yellow; mesopleura dirty yel- 

 low at base, dusky beyond; legs pallid; all tibiae Avitli three distinct 

 dark bands; hind femora Avith two dark s))ots; wings hyaline, veins 

 dark brown. 



One female, Oaxaca, Mexico, Mr. A. Koebele. 



Type.— No. 5017, U.S.N.M. 



APHYCUS OREGONENSIS, new species. 



Female. — Length, 1.2 mm.; ex])anse, 2.8 mm. \'ertex ratlier narrow; 

 ocelli hirge, Ibrming an acute angled triangle; well separated from 

 eye and occipital borders; scai)e slightly swollen toward tip; wings 

 hyaline, veins light; mesoscutellum with a central longitudinal hair- 

 less line and a circular hairless space at tip; mesopleura strongly 

 longitudinally striate; color dark orange; cheeks with a darker lus- 

 trous area; abdomen black above, except at center; metanotum black 

 internally, scai)e black in the middle, yellowish at either end; tlagellum 

 brown; mesonotum with a, narrow black line at anterior border. 



Six females, reared from Pulrinaria on Oregon flowering currant, 

 February, 1890. The scales were received from Mr. F. S. Mattisou, 

 Aumesville, Marion (bounty, Oregon. 



Type.— No. 5048, U.S.K.M. 



APHYCUS FLAVICEPS, new species. 



Female. — Length, 0.77 mm.; expanse, 2.2 mm. Scape somewhat 

 swollen toward tip; vertex uarrow; ocelli forming a very acute-angled 

 triangle; scutellum with a longitudinal hairless line but no circular 

 hairless spot at tip; wings hyaline, veins colorless. General color 

 orange; head light lemon yellow; scape black at tip, yellow at base; 

 tlagellum brown; abdomen black above; ventral surface of body light 

 yellow; tibiae with three light brown bands. 



Two females, reared by Mr. W. O. Johnson, Champaign, Illinois, from 

 a Lecanium on an unknown plant. 



Type.— No. 5049, U.S.N.M. 



