REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1917 205 



bb Stems of the fifth antennal segment nearly equal, with a length one- third 

 and one-half their diameters, respectively; circumfili with 15 loops; 

 third palpal segment a little longer than the second; abdomen dark 

 brown; basal clasp segment uniformly stout; ventral plate lobes 

 divergent buscki Felt, C. 1 529a 



Diadiplosis cocci Felt 

 191 1 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 19:55-56 

 1914 Econom. Ent. Jour., 7:458 



This species was reared by William H. Patterson, then of the 

 Agricultural School, St Vincent, W. L, from larvae preying upon 

 the eggs of Saissetia nigra Nietn., frequently abundant 

 upon the stems of sea-island cotton. Type Cecid. a2i28. 



Diadiplosis coccidivora Felt 

 1914 Felt, E. P. Entomologist, 47:86 



This midge was reared in numbers from a species of Pseudococcus 

 by the late A. Rutherford, then government entomologist of the 

 Department of Agriculture of Ceylon. Type Cecid. a2486. 



Diadiplosis hirticornis Felt 



1915 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 23: 179 



This species was reared by Harry S. Smith, then superintendent 

 of the state insectary, Sacramento, Cal., from mealy bugs collected 

 in Japan, and identified as Pseudococcus vaporari- 

 orum. Type a26i8. 



Diadiplosis smithi Felt 



1915 Felt, E. P. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 23: 178 



The midges were reared by H. S. Smith when superintendent of 

 the state insectary, Sacramento, Cal., from cocoons produced by 

 larvae feeding upon a Pulvinaria occurring on citrus at Manila, 

 P. I. Type Cecid. a2495a. 



Diadiplosis buscki Felt 



191 5 Felt, E. P. Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, 2 : 132 



This Porto Rican form was collected by August Busck and labeled 

 Diplosis coccidarum Ckll. It had evidently been reared 

 from some scale insect. Type Cecid. 1529a. 



