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bb Stems of the fifth antennal segment nearly equal, with a length one-third 
and one-half their diameters, respectively; circumfili with 1 5, loops; 
third palpal segment a little longer than the second; abdomen dark 
brown; basal clasp segment uniformly stout; ventral plate lobes 
CUNSPLER SS, al ats Gea oan rs Ot aro Pa Pelt. a520a 
Diadiplosis cocci Felt 
I91t Felt, E.P. N.Y. Ent. Soc. Jour., 19:55-56 
iA -conom. Ent. Jout., 77458 
This species was reared by William H. Patterson, then of the 
Agricultural School, St Vincent, W. I., from larvae preying upon 
the eggs of Saissetia nigra Nietn., frequently abundant 
upon the stems of sea-island cotton. Type Cecid. a2128. 
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, Helt; 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 a2618. 
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, 
Ee. = Lype Cecid. az4osa. 
Diadiplosis buscki Felt 
1915 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. 15292. 
