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Type.—Gip, Moth Lab. No. 6988-1. Deposited in U. S. Nat. Mus. 

 Type No. 22096 U. S. N. M. 



Described from eight specimens (4 females; 4 males) reared at the Gipsy 

 Moth Laboratory, Melrose Highlands, Mass. A note in the files at the Gipsy 

 Moth Laboratory, and relating to these specimens, reads, "from a geometrid 

 tray, July 7, 1914." 



Cocoons pale brownish, very similar to those of M. communis Cress, in 

 colour, density and size. 



Rarely the abdominal tergites beyond the first are largely brownish yel- 

 low, instead of blackish brown, as in the type specimen. 



A NEW COCCID ON THE COCOANUT PALM. 



BY T. D. A. COCKERELL, BOULDER, COLORADO. 



Mr. R. C. McGregor, of the Philippine Bureau of Science, recently visited 

 the Island of Batbatan, from which, so far as I can learn, no insects have pre- 

 viously been obtained. Among the various things he found, the following is 

 perhaps the most interesting. 



Furcaspis haematochroa, sp. n. 



Female scales on leaves of cocoanut palm, scattered. Scale deep rich red, 

 suggesting a drop of blood; circular, slightly convex, with the large, circular 

 exuviae to one side, often reaching or slightly overlapping the margin, first 

 skin nipple-like, prominent; width of scale about 2.5 mm. Male scales suboval. 



Female without circumgenital glands; in form and details of structure 

 closely resembling F. oceanica Lindinger, but distinguished by the broad, squarely 





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truncate lobes, the bidentate (not tridentate) squames, and the very prominent 

 pointed elevations on the abdominal margin between the lobes proper and the 

 long, lateral bristle. The details of structure are better indicated by a figure 

 than described. Larvae in female very large, length about 360 microns. 

 Batbatan Island, Antique Province, Panay, P.I.; June 30, 1918, {McGregor). 

 The scale of F. oceanica also differs in being suboval instead of circular. 



From F. capensis (Walker), the new species is known at once by the bifid 

 or bidentate end of the squames and the very broad lobes. It also lacks the 

 series of long hairs found on the cephalothor^ix of capensis. From F. cladii 

 {Aspidiotus cladii Maskell) it is equally distinguished by the form of the squames, 

 as well as the lateral dentiform process of the abdomen. The lateral dentiform 

 processes are developed in F. biformis (Ckll.), which occurs on orchids; but that 

 has a much darker scale and is otherwise different. 



May, 1919 



