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Coccophagus purpureas Aslimead. 
Coccophagu8 purpureua Ashmead. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, vol. xiii, p. 132, 1886. 
Female. — Length, 0.10 inch. Robust and of a uniform purplish black 
color throughout, including abdomen, coxre and femora; the surface is 
very finely punctate, and the tibiae and tarsi are yellow; wings, except 
at base, brown. 
Captured on gall-berry bushes. 
I have not seen this species, but Mr. Ashmead tells me that there is 
no doubt it is a true Coccophayus. It differs from all known species in 
the infuscated wings. 
Coccophagus flavifrons Howard. 
Coccophagus flavi/rous Howard. Bulletin 5, Bureau Entomology, U. S. Dept. 
Agric, 1885, p. 25. 
Coccophagus hoebelei Howard. Bulletin 5, Bureau Entomology, U. S. Dept. 
Agric., 1885, p. 24. 
Female. — Length, 1 mm.; expanse, 2 mm.; greatest width fore-wings, 
0.35 mm. Punctation of thorax nearly obsolete. Scutellnm perfectly 
smooth, except for faint Bhagreeuing. Hairs black; eyes, clypeus, 
occiput, abdomen, and dorsum of thorax black, with a bluish metallic 
luster upon abdomen. Face, antennal scape, all tibia', middle femora, 
honey yellow ; hind femora black at base, yellowish at tip; front femora 
brownish at base, yellow at tip; tegulse dark yellow or brown; edge of 
mesoscutuin just above teguhe, also brown; wing veins fuscous. 
Male. — Somewhat smaller; uniform black except tegulse, which are 
brownish; antenna 1 light brown, scape black; all femora black, except 
at tips; all tibiae and tarsi yellow; extreme tip of meso- and metascu- 
telltim yellowish. 
Described from three females and one male. Parasitic upon Leca- 
nium sp. on Pinus australis (A. Koebele, Department of Agriculture). 
Coccophagus flavoscutellum Ashmead. 
Coccophagus Jlavoscutellum Aslimead. Florida Agriculturist, vol. iv (1881), p. 65. 
Coccophagus vividus Howard. Bulletin 5, Bureau Entomology, U. S. Dept. Agri- 
culture, 1885, p. 25. 
Female. — Length, 1.03 mm.; wing expanse, 1.96 mm.; greatest width 
of fore- wing, 0.35 mm. General color, shiny black; antennae light brown, 
with the customary dark brown longitudinal carinas; greater part of 
mesoscutellum and visible portion of metascutellum bright orange- 
yellow, the line of juncture of the two colors on the mesoscutellum 
straight and sharp; teguhe yellow-brown; all coxa; and femora brown, 
yellow at joints; all tibiae and tarsi yellow, occasionally a dusky patch 
near base of hind tibiae; fifth tarsal joint brown. Entire mesoscutum 
very finely punctate. 
Male. — Length, 0.55 mm.; wing expanse, 1.47 mm.; greatest width of 
fore wing, 0.25 mm. Color as in female, except that the tegulae are 
brown and the scutellum is black, sometimes yellow at extreme tip. 
