THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW SPECIES OF COCCID.E 



FROM BRAZIL. 



I:Y ADOLPH HEMPEL, SAO PAULO, BRAZIL. 



Subfamily Cocciniie. 

 Capulinia crateraformis, n. sp. 



The $ makes a small crater-shaped gall in the bark of the limbs and 

 twigs. This gall is about 1.5 mm. high, and consists of an outer circular 

 ring from i mm. to 1.5 mm. in diameter, and a small cone within, which 

 can readily be removed. The cavity inhabited by the insect is smooth 

 and is lined with a white powder. The adult $ is small, oval in outline, 

 pink; and is dusted with a white powdery secretion. Boiled in a solution 

 of KOH it becomes colourless. Size, after boiling : length, .96 mm.; 

 width, .73 mm. 



Antennae small, variable, usually of five, joints, although joint 3 

 sometimes divides so that the antenna becomes six-jointed. Length, 97 

 micromillimetres. Approximate formula 31(24)5. Average length of 

 joints in micromillimetres: (i), 27; (2), 13; (3), 35; (4), 13; (5), 9. 

 The last joint bears a terminal brush of coarse hairs. First and second 

 pairs of legs entirely wanting. Third pair of legs atrophied ; without 

 any visible articulations ; and not ending in a claw. The legs are usually 

 placed so near the posterior end of the body that half the length extends 

 beyond the margin. Length, .177 mm. Rostrum large and well devel- 

 oped. Mentum apparently dimerous. Rostral loop long, coiled upon 

 itself, and extending to the second pair of spiracles. The spiracles are 

 chitinous and well developed, and from one to four small round spinner- 

 ets are grouped around each one. The derm is transversely wrinkled. 

 The abdomen is segmented and ends in two short setfe. The genital 

 aperture is guarded by four small spines. Around the margin of the 

 body, and on the dorsal surface, there are scattered small spinelike hairs. 



Male and larva not observed. 



Hab. — Sao Joao d'El Rei, State of Minas Geraes, Brazil. On the limbs 

 and \.^\g% oi Eugenia jaboticaba. Mr. Alvaro da Silveira collected this 

 species, and writes that it causes much damage to this fruit tree. From 

 a foot-note by Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, in the " Journal of the New York 

 Entomological Society," Vol. VI., Sept., 1898, pp. 174 and 175, it is 

 apparent that this species also occcurs in the State of Sao Paulo. In 

 speaking of C. Jaboiicabce, Ihr., Prof Cockerell says: "Dr. Noack has 

 also sent me some specimens in situ, collected by Dr, Campos Novaes at 



