SJÖSTEDTS KILIMANDJARO-MEEU EXPEDITION. 12:1. 



Sub. fam. Dactylopimae. 

 Gen. Dactylopiiis ' Targ. 



Mem. Soc. Ent. Ital. (1867). 



Dactylopius cocciiieus n. sp. 



Fig. E, 1—3. — Female adult. Subfusiform: venter low convex, dorsum highly 

 convex but tapering towards botli extremities. Dull yellow or straw coloured, with 

 orange-crinison above divided at the articulations with the paler colour. The crimson 

 colour is however, sometimes entirely abseilt. Demi (Fig. 1 a) ratlier thickly studded 

 with slender spinöse hairs and small irregulär spinnerets, the latter soinewhat irregulär 

 in outline. Antennae (Fig. 1) of eight Segments, of wliich the eightli is as long as 



Fig. E. Darft/lopiiis corcinois. 5 nd: 1 antemia; 2 anal lobe aiul anal ring: 3 anal >UM('a.trirp 



2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 togetlier; all the segments with fine short hairs, and the last two 

 with short, slender, curved spines. Meiitum bi-articulate, apical segment with maiij^ 

 slender spinöse hairs. Legs stout; tarsi alniost as long as the tibiae. Anal lobes 

 (Fig. 2) prominent, eacli with a Single long bristle, and numerous small spinöse hairs 

 as on the rest of the denn. Anal orifice normal. Dorsum with two pairs of very 

 large eye-hke glands (»cicatrices») equal in width to more tliaii one third the length 

 of the antennae; the first pair near the margiii beliind the eyes, the second pair 

 (also near the margin) on tlie third segment froni the apex of tlie abdomen. Length 

 1,60 — 1,76 mm. 



Pseudocorcus Westwikid. P'ernai.d Catl. Corcidae of tlio Wu 



11. i)(; (1903). 



