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I. ATROPATES COLLINSI Howard. 



Atropates collinsi Howard, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXI, 1898, p. 236, female and 

 male. 



Type.— Gat. No. 5028, U.S.N.M. 



Habitat. — !N^ew York: Brooklyn^ Eoslyn. 



Host. — Ehynch. : Pulvinaria innumerahilis Eathvon. 



81. CHRYSOPLATYCERUS Ashmead. 



1888. liileya Howard, Can. Ent., XX, p. 148 {nee Ashmead). 



1889. Chrysojilatycerits Ashmead, Can. Ent., XXI, p. 38. 



(Type, Mileya splendena Howard.) 

 I. CHRYSOPLATYCERUS SPLENDENS Howard. 



Bileya splendena (Howard) Smith, Ent. Amer., 1888, p. 80 [notice of species]. 



Rileya splendens Howard, Can. Ent., XX, 1888, pp. 191-194, female, fig. — Ash- 

 mead, Can. Ent., XX, 1888, p. 229; XXL 1889, p. 13. 



Chrysoplatycerus splendens Ashmead, Can. Ent., XXI, 1889, p. 38. — Dalla Torre, 

 Cat. Hym., V, 1898, p. 266. 



Type.—G2k\,. No. 1492, U.S.N.M. 



Habitat. — California. 



Host. — Rhyiicb.: Dactylopius sp. 



2. CHRYSOPLATYCERUS HOWARDII Ashmead, new species. 



Female. — Length, 1-6 mm. Ferruginous ; the broadly dilated scape 

 above and the broad, compressed flagellum brown-black or dark fuscous ; 

 abdomen blue-black, with an aeneous tinge; hind legs brown, the tibiae 

 fuscous, with the tarsi, except basal and last joints, white or whitish; 

 wings with the apical three- fifths embrowned, the basal two-fifths clear 

 hyaline; hair tuft on scutellum long, black. 



Type. — Cat. No. 4764, U.S.N.M,; also in collection of the American 

 Entomological Society. 



Habitat. — Mexico. 



Described from two female specimens received from the American 

 Entomological Society of Philadelphia, labeled 461 and 435, and sup- 

 posed to have been received from Mexico. 



82. ASTEROPvEUS Howard. 

 1898. Asteropcms Howard, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXI, p. 232. 

 (Type, Asteropccus primus Howard.) 

 I. ASTEROPiEUS PRIMUS Howard. 



AsteropcBus primus Howard, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., XXI, p. 231, female. 

 T2/i)e.— Oat. No. 5021, U.S.N. M. 

 Habitat. — Mexico: Guaymas. 

 Host. — Ehynch. : Ceroplastes sp. 



83. ANICETUS Howard. 

 1896. Anicetus Howard, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVIII, p. 639. 

 (Type, Anicetus ceylouensis Howard.) 



