62 Transactions. — Zoology. 



With regard to the second point, I am willing, in deference 

 to the opinions of some of my friends, to withdraw somewhat 

 from my position of last year, although not entirely ; and the 

 following series will represent what I believe to be the true 

 relationships of the genus : — 



A. Tests round or oval, — 



Planchonia fimbriata, Boyer de Fonscolombe. Syn- 

 onyms : Astcrolecanium qucrcicola, Bouche ; 

 Asterolccanium aureum, Boisduval ; Plancho7iia 

 oncidii, Cockerell ; Planchonia pustulans, Cocke- 

 rell ; Astcrolecanium massalongiamun, Targioni 

 (perhaps) . 



Planchonia fimbriata, var. bambusce, Boisduval. 



Planchonia epacridis, Maskell. 



Planchonia styphelice, Maskell. 



Planchonia vcrdruosa, Maskell. 



Planchonia delicata, Green (MS.). 



Planchonia arabidis, Lichtenstein, doubtful. 



Planchonia hedcrce, Lichtenstein, doubtful. 



B. Test elongated, — 



Planchonia miliaria* Boisduval. Synonyms : As- 

 tcrolecanium palmce, Cockerell ; Astcrolecanium 

 urichi, Cockerell. 



Planchonia miliaria, var. longa, Green (MS.). 



Planchonia solenophoroides, Green (MS.). 



C. Test irregular, — 



Planchonia bryoides, Maskell. 



Strictly speaking, I am still by no means satisfied that 

 P. epacridis and P. styphelice ought to be considered as really 

 more than varieties of P. fimbriata. But, on the whole, I will 

 leave the genus as above. The separation or otherwise of the 

 different species is, after all, a small matter : the most im- 

 portant point is that the absurd name Asterolccanium should 

 be relegated to the limbo of oblivion. 



Planchonia styphelise, Maskell. Maskell, N.Z. Trans., 

 vol. xxiv., p. 24; vol. xxvi., p. 85. 



The Pvev. Mr. Thompson, of the Agricultural Department 

 of Tasmania, has sent me specimens collected on a dwarf 

 Melaleuca in North Tasmania which I cannot separate from 

 P. styphelice, though perhaps the tests are rather greener 

 in colour, and the fringes are less silvery-white, than in the 

 type. 



* This word has always been printed miliaria; but there is no such 

 word (I think) in Latin. Miliaria means " like a grain of millet." 



