SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES ON THE COCCID.E OF CEYLON. 341 



Aspidiotus cuculus, ii. sp. (PI. H, figs. 2, 3.) 



9 Puparium very irregular in form, due to the fact that it has to 

 accommodate itself to the cavity which it inhabits. This cavity is of a 

 conical shape and may contain as many as five of the insects, the puparia 

 being then crowded and pressed together, elongated in the direction of 

 the duct of the gall. Colour dull brown, usually comprising portions of 

 the pellicle and derm of the former occupant. It is difficult to isolate a 

 single individual for purposes of measurement, but the united mass has a 

 length of about 2 mm. 



$ Puparium not observed. 



Adult 9 (fig. 2) white or pale yellow. Long pyriform, Pygidium 

 terminating in two stout obscurely emarginate lobes ; the margin for a 

 short distance beyond them thickened and irregular (fig. 8). Two 

 groups of about six long stout spiniform squames on each side of lobes, 

 divided by a small marginal prominence. A larger conical point imme- 

 diately beyond the outer group. Anal orifice small. Dorsal pores very 

 minute and inconspicuous. No circumgenital or parastigmatic glands. 

 Length 1 to 1*25 mm. Breadth 9*75 to 9*85 mm. 



Adult $ not observed. 



Habitat. — Female insects occupying the galls of another Coccicf 

 ( Amorphococcus mesuce), after that insect has died, whether on account 

 of the intrusion or from natural causes, I have as yet been unable to 

 determine. 



Aspidiotus (Chrysomfhalus) pedronis, n. sp. (PI. H, fig 4.) 

 Puparium clear brownish straw-colour ; pellicles paler, circular, 

 flatfish. Diameter 2*50 mm. 



$ Puparium not observed. 



Adult 9 broadly pyriform. Pygidium (fig. 4) with six prominent 

 floriate lobes approximately equal in size. Interlobular squames nar- 

 row, deeply fimbriate, of same length as lobes. Three broad aciculate 

 serrate squames beyond the outer lobe on each side. Circumgenital 

 glands in five groups ; median group with 1 or 2 pores ; upper laterals 5 

 to 6 ; lower laterals about 6. Dorsal pores oval, moderately large and 

 conspicuous, communicating with long trumpet-shaped ducts. Length 

 1*59 mm. 



Adult $ not known. 



Habitat. — On leaves of undetermined tree. Pedrotalagalla, at an 

 elevation of about 8,000 feet. April. 



