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Pedicel small, very slightly longer than wide, funicle 3 shortest of 

 the funicle, somewhat longer than wide, i and 2 siibequal, each about 

 twice longer than wide, very much longer than the pedicel which is 

 shorter than funicle 3 ; club twice wider than the funicle but shorter, 

 its joints wider than long. 



Stigmal vein linear, not long, more or less parallel with the marginal 

 vein, without a distinct knob. Marginal vein a little longer than the 

 submarginal. Marginal fringes of the fore wing short. 



Scutum with many short black hairs, the scutellum with from four 

 to six long ones. 



The male is very similar. Ring-joint short. 



Described from one male, six females reared from Alcu- 

 rochiton species, Berlice, Demerara, British Guiana, March, 

 1913 (G. E. Bodkin). 



Types. Catalogue No. 19343, United States National Mu- 

 seum, the above specimens on a slide. 



. 2. Coccophagus mexicanus new species. 



Female. — Length, 1.60 mm. In Howard's (1897) table of species 

 runs to calif ornicns, but differs in having the caudal tibiae black except 

 at tip and the caudal coxae white, the middle tibiae lightly dusky 

 above and so on. Differs from albico.va Howard in having only the 

 apex of scutellum lemon yellow, the abdomen coarsely scaly, the face 

 sometimes yellow to the clypeus from a little below the vertex and 

 between the eyes, the scape and pedicel yellowish (the pedicel dark 

 above except at apex) ; from howardi Masi in the coloration of the 

 legs. 



Fore wings slightly stained along under the marginal vein, the 

 stigmal vein minute. Tarsi white. Black with the apical border of 

 scutellum lemon yellow and the hind coxae white (the other yellow 

 markings as noted). Occipital border of vertex yellow. 



Scutum with many minute setigerous punctures. Thorax micro- 

 scopically scaly. Funicle i somewhat longer than wide, longer than the 

 pedicel, 2 and 3 subequal, each a little longer than wide. Funicle 

 subcompressed, the pedicel nearly as long as funicle 3. Club not en- 

 larged, its joints not long. 



Described from two females, labeled "Porto Bello, Panama, 

 March 18, igii. Busck. On a fig lecanium." 



Type. — Catalogue No. 19344, United States National Mu- 

 seum, the two specimens on tags. 



3. Coccophagus coxalis new species. 



Female. — Like the preceding, but the head is all black, the funicle 

 joints all somewhat longer, the apical half of the scutellum, the post- 



