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la addition to the mealy secretion, there is some fine, waxy, thread- 

 like secretion as in D. virgatus, Ck.ll. They produce no well-defined 

 ovisac, only a fluffy mass of secretion. 



Boiled in caustic potash they become, at first, almost black, and on 

 further boiling they become purplish. Legs and antennse brownish, but 

 very much lighter than the body. 



Antennie y-jointed : 7 longest, slightly longer than 

 2 + 3 (90-100 ji) ; 2 and 3 next longest, usually sub- 

 equal, about twice as long as broad ; i and 6 next longest, 

 often subequal, i sometimes the longer; 4 and 5 shortest 

 and usually subequal. The antennae are fairly stout, 

 especially joints i, 2 and 3; all joints are hairy, the hairs 

 being long and slender. Antennal formula 7(23)( i6)(45). 

 (See Fig. 17.) 



Legs. — Femur very stout, being only about twice as 

 long as broad, with scattered, long, slender hairs ; tibia 

 stout, its width about half that of the femur, with a few 

 long, slender hairs ; tarsus stout, quite hairy, bearing a 

 pair of long, slender digitules ; claw stout, bearing a pair 

 of knobbed digitules. Leg resembles that of a Ripersia. 

 ^ "■ (See P^ig. iS. ) Male unknown. 



r u;. 17. ^ D / 



Habitat. — Lake City, Florida, Feb. 9, 

 1898. On Rhus copallina, L. j collected 

 by Mr. A. L. Quaintance. 



Remarks. — The most prominent char- 

 acteristics of this species are : Its small 

 size, stoutness of legs and antenme, and the 

 comparatively great length of the terminal 

 joint of the antenna. 



Dactvlopius virgatus, Ckll. 



Some time since I received from Mr. 

 E. E. Green, of Ceylon, specimens of 

 Dacty/opius certferus, Newst., and, having 

 at hand the type material of virgatus, I 

 carefully compared them, both as to their 

 external features and their antenna:- and letrs. 



