Maskell. — On Coccididae. 213 



Hab. In Australia, ou Syncarpia laurifolia. Sent by Mr. 

 Koebele. 



I attach this insect to the genus Fiorinia because the 

 second female pellicle is so much larger than the adult ; at the 

 same time, if the female puparium is to be considered as pro- 

 bably similar to that of the male, or subcircular, it would 

 rather be an Aonidia. It presents some curious characters, 

 notably the " double-ended " pellicles and the peculiar abdo- 

 minal extremity of the female, and the loose cottony threads 

 in which the insect lives, instead of under a puparium. I do 

 not know any other species which exhibits so many tubes in 

 the rostral setae. 



Genus Parlatoria, Targioni-Tozzetti. 



Parlatoria proteus, Curtis. 



This species occurs plentifully on some twigs of apple sent 

 to me from Brisbane, Queensland, by Mr. Koebele. Although 

 there is much difficulty in separating the species of this genus, 

 yet I think my identifications are correct, as I have made 

 careful comparison of all those hitherto described. Parlatoria 

 appears to be chiefly found in hot countries — at least, out-of- 

 doors, the insects belonging to it in cold climates being always 

 mentioned as under glass or on tropical plants. 



Group LECANIDINiE. 



Subdivision LECANODIASPIDiE. 



Genus Inglisia, Maskell. 



Inglisia foraminifer, sp. now Plate XII., figs. 1-5. 



Test of adult female very convex, elliptical ; reddish-brown 

 at the base, fading to yellowish towards the apex ; glassy and 

 brittle ; conspicuously striated from apex to base with air- 

 cells ; length averaging y^in., but one specimen seen reached 

 iin. A slightly-elevated ridge runs longitudinally from each 

 end, widening a little towards the apex, where there is a deep 

 transverse depression, with often an orifice at the centre 

 through which the body of the insect can be seen. Frequently 

 the interrupted median ends of the ridge project slightly over 

 this depression. The test is very apt to split in two along the 

 line of the longitudinal ridge. There is often visible a whitish 

 fringe of short irregularly-semicircular segments, not set close 

 together, along the basal margin, but this fringe is by no 

 means constant. 



Test of male glassy, yellow, convex, brittle ; form irregu- 

 larly elliptical, tapering slightly posteriorly, but cut off rather 

 abruptly at the abdominal extremity by a' flat hinged plate 

 which the insect lifts up for egress. The apex consists of a 

 subrectangular region, which is sometimes smooth, sometimes 



