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Notes: The hemispherical soft scale Saissetia coffeae (Walker) (Homopetra: Coccidae) one of the most important pest attacking olive trees in Egypt. During the period 2001-2003 a total of about 300000 individuals of the parasitoid Coccophagus cowperi (Hymenopetra: Aphelinidae) obtained from India was released at 35 sites for biological control of S. coffeae (Homopetra: Coccidae) on olive trees in Egypt. The maximum parasitism rates by these individuals parasitoid reached 53 and 62%, while, average parasitism rates were 20.8 and 17.2% in Marsy Mattrouh and El-Arish locations, respectively. These results indicate establishment of this parasitoid on this important economic plants in Egypt.