156 DE. L. O. HOWAED ON THE 



nearly as broad as long and subequal in length and breadth ; 

 club oval, of same width as funicle-joint 6. Comes nearest to 

 BotJiriothorax. 

 2 unknown. 



Aeattjs scutellatus, sp. n. 



6 . Length 1*6 mm. ; expanse 3*3 mm. Lower face and 

 cheeks smooth, shining, face faintly reticulate ; ocelli forming a 

 right-angled triangle ; punctation of mesoscutum not dense, im- 

 pressions longitudinal, each deep anteriorly, becoming more and 

 more shallow posteriorly ; axillae with a few small sparse round 

 punctures ; mesoseutellum and abdomen highly polished ; meso- 

 pleura opaque, metapleura shining, faintly reticulate. Colour 

 black ; face with purplish reflections ; mesoscutum with faint 

 greenish lustre ; mesoseutellum and metapleura aeneous ; all 

 femora black, brown at tips ; front and middle tibise light brown ; 

 hind tibise dark brown, light at tip ; antennae and mouth-parts 

 light brown. Wings hyaline, veins brown, marginal vein 

 darker. 



One male, Mount Gay estate, April 1, swampy forest near 

 sea-shore. 



Subfamily Aphelikin^. 

 Aphelinus, Dolman. 



Aphelinus diaspidis, Howard. 



Aphelinus diaspidis, Hoivard, Ann. Rep. U.S. Dept. Agric. 1880, 

 p. 355. Ft. George, Fla., Santa Barbara, Cal., and Japan. 



One female, Balthazar, April 13, 350 feet, in second growth 

 on shores of stream. 



AspiDioTiPHAGUS, Howard. 



ASPIDIOTIPHAGUS CITEINUS. 



Coccopliagus citrinus, Craw, Destructive Insects, Sacramento, Cal., 

 1891. San Gabriel, Cal. 



Aspidiotiphagus citrinus, Hoivard, Insect Life, vi. p. 234 (1891). San 

 Gabriel, Cal. 



Aspidiotiphagus citrinus, Hoivard, Revision of the Aphelinince of North 

 America, p. 31 (1895). San Gabriel, Cal., Champaign, 111., and Portici, 

 Italy. 



One female, Balthazar, April 7, 250 feet, swept from herbage 

 near stream. ' 



