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and longer, the second tapering to tip. Prothorax corneous, though less 

 so than the head, obscurely margined, or with an impressed line interiorly, 

 the apex is narrower than the base, sides arcuate. Meso- and metathorax 

 shorter and broader than the prothorax, not horny in texture. Abdomen 

 of nine segments, the last of which bears on the dorsal surface, near the 

 posterior border, two semi-erect, slightly recurved processes; there is 

 also an additional piece ordinarily retracted into this ninth segment, which 

 seems to be used as a pro-leg. Spiracles in nine pairs, the first situated 

 in the mesothorax, the remainder in segments one to eight of the abdo- 

 men; they are all brown in color and somewhat prominent. Legs short; 

 coxae nearly conical, trochanters subtriangular, femora and tibiae not dif- 

 fering greatly in length, but the latter is more slender; claw curved, swollen 

 at base; all the joints are more or less bristly, as shown in the figure. 



Several were taken at Bayfield, Wis., in June, in large, fleshy 

 iungi. The larvae enter the ground to transform to pupae, and 

 the beetle requires several days to attain its full colors. The pupa 

 is of the form shown, and presents no striking characters. The 

 pupal state lasts seven days. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE. 



Fig. i. Tritoina hitineralis Fab., larva; a, antenna; /, leg; md, man- 

 dible; nit, menturn; m.r, maxilla. 



Fig. 2. Carpophilus HigerSay. larva; dissections lettered as before. 

 Fig. 3. Cyllodes biplagiatus Lee., larva; p, pupa; dissections as above. 



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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW COCCID/E.-II. 



By T. D. A. COCKERELL, Entomologist N. M. Agr. Exp. Sta. 



3. Bercjrothia steelii Ckll. and Towns., n. sp. Female very similar to 

 B. townsendi Ckll (1893). The yellowish white ovisac gives it the ap- 

 pearance of a small 1'iili'hiaria. Antenna; 8-jointed, formula 8 (12) 3 

 (4567) 8 with three whorls of hairs; 8 decidedly longer than 2, 2 decidedly 

 longer than 3, 6 perhaps a little shorter than 4, 5 or 7. Derm witli nu- 

 merous round gland-spots. Anal ring with six hairs; menturn trimerous. 

 Hind legs with femur slightly longer than tibiae; tarsus less than half 

 length of tibia. Claw fairly large, curved; trochanter with a long hair; 

 anterior legs less developed than the hindmost ones. Posterior tubercles 

 "very inconspicuous, bearing a pair of short, stout spines and a long hair, 

 as in B. townsendi. The inner edge of the anogenital ring presents a 

 moniliform appearance. The female after boiling in soda is colorless, 

 with the legs and antenna- \vllowish brown. 



The following details are added from Prof. Townsend's MS. : 



" Adult female suboval, or elongate oval in outline from above; nearly 

 Mat below, convex above, of a light reddish brown color, with the legs 

 and antennae concolorous. Length about 4 mm. ; width 2 mm. 



