438 Transactions. — Zoology. 



Hah. In Australia, on Acacia j^ycnantha. My specimens 

 were sent by Mr. French, from Melbourne. 



It is possible that this may be only a larger form of A. 

 hanksice {ante), but the colour is much less glossy, and the 

 margin differs slightly. 



42. Aleurodes papillifer, Maskell. Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1889, 

 vol. xxii., p. 173. 



Vasiform orifice semi-elliptical ; operculum small ; lingula 

 broadly clavate. 



43. Aleurodes phalaenoides, Blanchard. Insect. Voy. du 

 Chih, de Gay, 1840, p. 319; Signoret, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. 

 de France, Dec, 1867, p. 399. 



44. Aleurodes phillyrea, Haliday. Entom. Magaz., 1835, 

 p. 119; Bouche, Entom. Zeit. Stett., 1851, p. 108; Sig- 

 noret, kxm. de la Soc. Ent. de France, Dec, 1867, p. 



388. 



45. Aleurodes piperis, Maskell, sp. nov. Plate XXXIII. — 2. 

 Eggs dark-yellow, elongate-elliptical, transversely striated; 



length about xi5ii^- 



Larva very dark-brown or black, very slightly convex, 

 elliptical ; length about ^^jin. Dorsum bearing long, very 

 black spines, of which four are on the cephalic, eight on the 

 thoracic, and ten on the abdominal regions. Margin not 

 thickened, but very distinctly crenulated. There seems to be 

 no fringe. 



Pupa -case intense glossy black, slightly convex, with a 

 median longitudinal ridge ; abdominal segments indistinct. 

 Form elliptical ; length about -^^m. Dorsum bearing many 

 long black spines, of which one series of from twenty to twenty- 

 four are submarginal, the others scattered (seemingly about 

 twenty, but very difficult to make out on account of the 

 intense black colour) ; two of the spines, at the posterior ex- 

 tremity, are longer than the others. Margin with veiy small 

 crenulations ; there is a very short fringe of white wax, which 

 in many specimens is not noticeable. Vasiform orifice broadly 

 rhomboidal with rounded angles, anterior edge slightly con- 

 cave ; operculum semi - elliptical, covering about half the 

 orifice ; lingula short, roundly clavate. The larval exuviae 

 are commonly seen attached by the dorsal spines to the pupa- 

 case. 



The pupa extracted from its case is reddish-yellow, the 

 rudimentary feet and antennae yellow, the rudimentary wings 

 yellow with bands of dark-brown, the eyes dark-brown. 



Adult form with the thorax red, banded with brown ; the 

 abdomen red ; genitalia brown ; feet and antennas darkish- 



