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rostrum and mentum of the second stage. All the tests 

 which I have seen are in the axils of the twigs of Fagus. Pro- 

 bably the adult female, when discovered, will prove to be a 

 dark-red, naked, wandering insect, of much the same form as 

 C. zealandiciim. I have on one occasion seen a specimen from 

 the forests of Otago (since lost) which had several large pa- 

 pilla? on the dorsal segments, and was otherwise similar to, 

 though smaller than, C. zcalandicmn : this might perhaps be 

 the adult form of C. assimilc. 



The foregoing paper includes all the species of Coccids 

 which I am at present able to describe. I have, in addition, 

 in my collection some insects from South Australia — a 

 Dactyloinus, a Kermes, two or three Eriococci, &c., and a most 

 extraordinary Coccid of gigantic size (nearly an inch long and 

 half an inch high) ; but these are, as to their descriptions, the 

 property of my friend Mr. F. S. Crawford, of Adelaide, who 

 tells me that he proposes to publish them some day. I hope 

 that he will be able to do so before long. 



