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On new Species of Neotropical CocciuellidiB. 



Pale yellow or reddish yellow, with a large irregular 

 piceou^ black patch occupying nearly the whole disk of each 

 elytron, and an elongate longitudinal spot close to the suture 

 before the middle. Head of (^ broadly impressed, with a 

 small projecting tubercle close to the inner margin of the eye, 

 the epistome broadly truncate anteriorly, its external angles 

 roundly subrectangular and somewhat recurved ; in the ? 



Fipr. 2. 



Cryi>io(jitathu yiodiceps, Mshl. 



the head is much less deeply impressed and the tubercles are 

 less conspicuous. Pronotum with a fine, transverse^ curved, 

 raised line just in front oF the scutellum, the entire surface 

 closely and distinctly punctate. Elytra broadest before the 

 middle, the punctation rather less close than on the pro- 

 notum ; the epipleurse sloping steeply inwards and with deep 

 excavations for the anterior pairs of legs. Front tibise with 

 the exterior border angularly dilated in both sexes (omitted 

 in the figure) ; tarsal claws simple. 



Length 2'75 mm. 



Trinidad : Cedros ( C. W. Hewlett, F. W. Uricli) . 



Types c^ ? in the British Museum. 



The structure of the head and epistome, as well as the very 

 distinctive coloration, will render this an easily recognizable 

 species. The discal patch on the elytra varies somewiiat, 

 the included paler areas being often entirely dark and the 

 outline of the whole patch more sharply defined. Described 

 from six specimens. 



As in tlie case of Azya trinifatis, Mr. Urich has found this 

 species to be an effective check on the coconut scale in 

 Trinidad. 



