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Coquillett, at Los Angeles, Cal., July 21, 1887, from adult female oi leery a purchasi. 

 It was reared iu a box containing only three or four of the scales, so there can be lit- 



FlG. 64. — Thoron opacus, Howard : a, antenna ; &, c, d, fore, middle, and hind legs : e, last tibial and first 

 tarsal joints of fore leg ; /, abdomen; [/, wings ; /(, hooks of bind wing — all much enlarged (Original). 



tie doubt of its having lived at the expense of one of them, 

 another specimen August 29, 1887, but this I have uot seen. 



Mr. Coquillett reared 



COCCOPHAGUS CALIFORNICUS, sp. nov. 



-Fewirt/e.— Length, 1.4'""^ ; expanse, 2.1'"™ ; greatest width of fore wing, O.SQ'^"'. Ab- 

 domen broader than thorax and one-third longer. Pedicel and joints 2 and 3 of fuui- 

 cle subequal in length ; joint 1 of 

 funicle one-third longer. Eyes 

 rather more plainly hairy than 

 usual. General color dark brown, 

 nearly black, no punctation visi- 

 ble. Mesoscutellum lighter in 

 color than rest of thorax except 

 at immediate base, its posterior 

 edge with a narrow band of bright 

 lemon-yellow, extending from one 



lateral angle around the curved 



border to the opposite lateral 



angle, of nearly equal width 



throughout, at its widest portion 



measuring .027"""; all coxa* brown; 



all trochanters yellowish-white ; 



all femora brown, yellow at tip, 



more yellow at tip of front femora. 



less at tip of middle, and still less 



at tip of posterior femora ; front 



tibi;e light yellow, very slightly dusky; middle tibiae entirely light yellow; hind 



tibiic yellowish with a brownish shade near base ; all tarsi yellowish-white, last joint 



Fig. 65. — Coccophagus califor7iici(s, Howard— enlarged 

 (Original). 



