Rafiq Ahmad

A new species ofPseudoscymnus Chapin [Col., Coccinellidae] predaceous on Scale Insects in West Pakistan

Length 1.7-2.0 ram, breadth 1.2-1.4 ram. Body elongate-oval; moderately convex. Colour light-brown to brown with dark-brown patches on elytra, and extreme apices of elytra which are lighter than elsewhere. Head with eyes about twice as broad as median length, almost flat on disc, shallowly punctured, separation of punctures also variable, usually by 1-2 diameters on the disc but sometimes by as little as less than one diameter towards eyes, intervals between punctures smooth; eye finely faceted and hairy; pubescence fine rather inconspicuous; labrum transverse; mandible bifid at apex with inner tooth smaller than the outer; maxilla well developed, first segment somewhat club-shaped and third segment obliquely truncate; ligula small, terminal segment of labial palp slightly tapering apically; antenna 0.19-0.22 mm in length, nine segmented, basal segment somewhat cylindrical and broader than second, first and seeoiad segments with short setae, third segment somewhat club-shaped, f6urth through ninth forming a compact fusiform club~ sixth to eighth segments with short setae and ninth segment with two long and several short setae. Pronotum almost twice as broad as median length (87 : 18), convex, broadest at hind ar~gles, posterior borders