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brownish; abdomen and thorax rather a dirty yellow which deepens 

 in some places (notably on dorsal part of thorax) to a honey yellow 

 or brownish yellow. Legs, very light yellow, often nearly white espe- 

 cially toward their extremities; forewings, with a distinct fuscous 

 patch covering the proximal half, the fuscosity being especially pro- 

 nounced around the stigma and at the proximal border of the patch 

 of discal cilia, much as in A. fuscipennis How. Wing veins from 

 honey yellow to almost hyaHne. 



$ . Unknown. 



Described from twenty-five female specimens reared by P. 

 H. Timberlake, of the U. S. Bureau of Entomology, as fol- 

 lows: from Aspidiotus hederae on Ivy (Hedera helix), Red- 

 lands, California, February 20, 191 1, and February 26, 1912, 

 and at Santa Barbara, California, November 8, 191 1, and May 

 7, 1912; from Chionaspis pinifoliae on Pinus radiata, Santa 

 Barbara, California; July 8, 1911, and July 15, 1911; from 

 Aspidiotus hederae on oleander (Neriiim oleander), Santa 

 Barbara, California, April 21, 1911, and May 4, 1911; from 

 Aspidiotus camelliae on oleander {Nerium oleander) , Whittier, 

 California, March 27, 191 1; from Aspidiotus sp. on Pinus 

 radiata, Santa Maria, California, August 4, 191 1 ; from Aula- 

 caspis saminae on Cycas revoluta, Montecito, California, Au- 

 gust 2, 191 2. Also two female specimens reared by the writer 

 from Aspidiotus camelliae on Schinus molle, Pasadena, Cali- 

 fornia, July 28, 191 1. Both glycerine and balsam mounts. 



Type on slide labeled: Aphelinus capitis. Ex Aspidiotus 

 camelliae Sign, on Hedera helix (Ivy). 14647 B. May 7, 

 1912. Santa Barbara, Cal. P. H. Timberlake. 



The above species greatly resembles Aphelinus diaspidis 

 How. in shape, size, arrangement of the hairs or spines on the 

 body and the infuscation of the wings, but in coloration it more 

 nearly approaches Aphelinus mytilaspidis. Also in the cilia- 

 tion of the wings it resembles most closely A. mytilaspidis. 

 However, the small size of the first funicle joint of the anten- 

 nae at once differentiates this from any other species of Aphe- 

 linus, and together with the other differences pointed out 

 above, render it a very distinct and unmistakable species. The 

 hairy eyes are also rather exceptional in a species whose gen- 

 eral color scheme is as light as that of the insect in question. 



