132 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, 



the extremity of the tarsus ; claw small, carved. Tarsal digitules very 

 long and slender, with expanded ends ; digitules of claw^ about half as 

 long as the others, ovale leaf-like. Mentum large, situated midway 

 between the first and second pairs of legs; rostral loop reaching half 

 way to the third pair of legs. Viviparous. $ Scale: height, 3.00 mm.; 

 width, 1.50 mm.; length, 2.75 mm. 



Larva, just hatched. — Light yellowish-brown, ovate, margin ser- 

 rated ; abdomen ending in two inconspicuous lobes, each bearing one 

 long terminal hair. Anal ring with six long hairs ; two short hairs are on 

 the abdomen just in front of the anal ring. The two anal plates are 

 indicated, each with about 6 small hairs. The prothorax and meso- 

 thorax each bear a short thick spine on each side of the body. Antennae 

 apparently five-jointed ; joints 5 and 3 being about equal in length. All 

 the joints bear hairs, joint 5 bearing six, one of which is as long as the 

 antennae. Legs long; trochanter with one long subterminal hair; all 

 the other joints with two hairs or more ; claw long and slender, digitules 

 of unequal length, slightly expanded ; digitules of tarsus very long, hair- 

 like. Four or more longitudinal rows of short spines on the dorsum. 



(^ . — Scale white, very thin, Lecanid, elliptical, not very convex. 

 Divided into plates, one dorsal, two lateral on each side, and one 

 terminal at each end. The dorsal plate has a crest of broken wax. 

 Length, 1.75 mm.; width, .75 mm. 



JIab. — Sao Paulo, Brazil. On the small twigs o( Eugenia Jaboticaba, 

 a tree found in the Brazilian forests, and cultivated for its fruit. I am 

 indebted to Mr. Gustav Edwall for this species. He first found it and 

 called my attention to it. It is not abundant. 



PULVINELLA, n. S. g. 



Like Pulvinaria, except that the ovisac is secreted below the insect, 

 instead of behind it. The ovisac is cone-shaped, and when it is com- 

 pleted, the insect rests upon it like on a cushion. 

 Type Pulvinaria ( PulvineUa) pulchella, n. sp. 



Pulvinaria (PulvineUa) pulchella, n. sp. 



$ Adult. — Shiny, hard, elliptical, dorsum not very convex ; ground- 

 colour dirty white, marbled with black on the ridges near the margin. 

 Derm irregularly transversely wrinkled ; one prominent ridge extends 

 across the dorsum, slightly anterior of the middle. Beneath, chocolate- 



