J^i ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 'l5 



Timberlake, of the U. S. Bureau of Entomology, from Chr^- 

 somphalus aurantii and Chrysomphalns aurantii citrinus on 

 citrus trees at Avondale, Walnut, Carpenteria and Whittier, 

 California. 



Type on slide labeled : 192° 3b. ; Aphelinns qiiaylei ex. Pseu- 

 daonidia articulatiis on Ficus nitidis. Lima, Peru. January 

 31, 1914. — E. W. Rust. 



Named in honor of Prof. H. J. Quayle, who has so ably 

 worked out the life history of this parasite; the account of 

 which appears in Bulletin No. 222, California Agricultural 

 Experiment Station, p. 131 (iQn)- At that time, however, 

 the species was not recognized as being distinct from A. dias- 

 pidis, and it is under the latter name that the life history is 

 given. The figure (Fig. 21) published therewith is evidently 

 that of A. diaspidis and not of A. quaylei, to which it does 

 not conform in either antennae, abdomen or wings. 



Aphelinus limonus sp. nov. 



$. Length, 0.9 mm.; expanse, 1.55 mm.; greatest width of fore- 

 wing, 0.23 mm. 



Antenna! scape rather long and slender, reaching nearly to top of 

 head, somewhat compressed laterally; pedicel a trifle less than one- 

 third as long as scape and of same diameter as the latter at its widest 

 point, increasing slightly in diameter from proximal to distal extrem- 

 ity; funicle joints subequal, taken together they are about two-thirds 

 as long as the pedicel and of about two-thirds the diameter of the 

 same; penultimate club joint of same length as the two preceding 

 joints taken together and of the same diameter as the pedicel; ulti- 

 mate club joint somewhat compressed laterally, three times as long as 

 the penultimate joint and about one-third greater in diameter at its 

 thickest point; when seen in broad outline it presents one slightly 

 curved edge while the other curves more sharply from near the cen- 

 ter to the tip, causing the distal half of the club to resemble one horn 

 of a rather blunt crescent. Club slightly longitudinally keeled, the 

 two joints being distinctly separated by a well-defined articulation. 

 Antennae very sparsely hairy. 



Eyes naked. Head (especially the vertex) and dorsal part of tho- 

 rax marked with a coarsely tessellated pattern which is generally quite 

 well-defined. Abdomen naked, and rest of body much less hairy than 

 is common in this genus. 



