10 ' Transactions. — Zoology. 



Hah. In Australia, on Eucalyptus, var. sp. My specimens 

 are from Mr. Prencli. 



This insect seems to be not far removed from A. ficus, 

 Eiley, the " Eed Scale of Florida; " but, apart from its lighter 

 colour, the puparium is flatter, and the spinneret orifices in 

 the groups are much less numerous. In A. fici'is also there 

 appears to be no denticulate lobule on the abdominal 

 margin. 



Aspidiotus fodiens, sp. nov. Plate I., figs. 3, 4. 



Female puparium circular, slightly convex, greyish or red- 

 dish-brown ; the pellicles in the centre rather more convex, 

 forming a slight boss and bright orange, but often covered 

 with a thin, greyish, scaly coating. Diameter of puparium 

 averaging about oV^^- The puparia occupy depressions in the 

 leaf which have the appearance of being caused by the 

 insect. 



Male puparium slightly elongated, similar in colour to 

 that of the female, but smaller ; not carinated. 



Adult female of the normal pegtop form, orange-coloured, 

 the abdomen somewhat acuminate. Abdomen ending in six 

 rather narrow floriated lobes, set rather close together, with 

 many scaly serrated hairs between them : at a little distance 

 away on the margin is another lobule on each side, which is 

 denticulate as in the last species. Spinnerets in four groups : 

 upper gi'oups with 3 to 5 orifices, lower groups with 1 or 2. 

 Many single spinnerets. 



Adult male unknown. 



Hah. In Australia, on Acacia sp. Specimens from Mr. 

 French. 



This species, in the form and colours of the puparium, ap- 

 proaches to A. uvce, Comstock, an insect infesting vines in 

 Indiana, U.S. ; but in A. uva the abdomen ends in only two 

 lobes, and there is no denticulate lobule on the margin. A. 

 cladii, mihi (Trans., vol. xxiii., p. 3), is much nearer, and is 

 also Australian. The colours of the puparia in that species 

 are indeed darker and richer, but that is not of great import- 

 ance ; and perhaps, considering the very small number of 

 spinneret orifices in A. fodiens, the two insects may be only 

 varieties of the same. A. cladii is indeed a good deal larger ; 

 but size, again, is not very important. 



Aspidiotus bossiese, sp. nov. Plate I., figs. 5, 6. 



Female puparium circular, convex; colour varying from 

 dirty-white to yellow, and sometimes to dark-brown ; texture 

 soft and woolly-looking : pellicles central, very small and in- 

 conspicuous, yellow. Diameter of puparium averaging about 



Tain. 



