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France, Germany, Italy, Czechoslovakia ; ? U.S.S.R. 



Biology. Masi (1931 : 448) identified as obscura specimens reared from an 

 unidentified Coccid on Pistacia, but suggested that obscura is probably polyphagous. 

 Kryger (1943 : 81) records having taken a male and a female in Denmark, on Salix 

 repens L. infested by scale-insects. 



Scutellista aenea Kurdjumov 



Scutellista aenea Kurdjumov, 1912 : 331-332, <J $. 

 Scutellista aenea Kurdjumov ; Masi, 193 1 : 446, 448. 



Type material. Syntypes, one $, one <J, reared from Eriococcus greeni Newstead 

 on Agropyron repens L., at Poltava Experimental Station, Ukraine, U.S.S.R., 

 possibly in Zoological Museum, Leningrad. 



Masi (1931 : 446) cited aenea as a doubtful synonym of obscura Forster. The 

 description of aenea does not allow one to form a definite conclusion ; it is necessary 

 to examine Kurdjumov's types in order to decide whether aenea falls within the 

 range of variation of obscura. 



U.S.S.R. 



Biology. See above. 



Scutellista nigra Mercet 



Scutellista cyanea var. nigra, Mercet, 1910 : 185-190. 



Enargopelte nigra Masi, 193 1 : 448, <J $. 



Enargopelte nigra forma minor ?, Masi, 1931 : 450-451, o" $• 



Type material. Holotype $ and allotype <$ in Instituto Espanol de Entomologia, 

 Madrid. 



Spain, Algeria. 



Biology. Masi (1931 : 450) recorded the form minor as having been reared in 

 Spain from Lecanodiaspis sardoa Targ. on Cistus ladaniferus L. 



Scutellista hispanica (Masi) 



Enargopelte hispanica Masi, 193 1 : 451, $. 



Type material. Holotype $, Spain, Arenas de San Pedro (Mercet), in Instituto 

 Espanol de Entomologia, Madrid. 



Spain. 



Biology. Unknown. 



ASAPHINAE 



The type-genus of this group, Asaphes Walker, was placed by Forster (1856 : 53, 

 under the name Isocratus) in his family Miscogastroidae. Thomson (1876a : 207) 



