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for the genus. Fore wdngs long-ovate, very obtusely pointed, narrow. 

 Two distal funicle joints eacli tmce the length of the first one or else 

 all gradually increasing in length, the second intermediate in size. 

 Margins of the blade of the posterior mng parallel, the wing narrow, 

 its marginal cilia very much longer than the greatest width of the 

 blade. 



These notes were taken from the single female type specimen, 

 corrected and enlarged from the specimens as listed below. 



I have studied the following specimens: (1) The type oi Jlavopalr- 

 liata, a single female mounted in balsam and labeled "Entomological 

 Collection of Wm. H. Ashmead, Jackson^dlle, Florida. SignipJiora 

 fiavopalliata Ashm. Type, female. No. 2801, U.S.N.M." (2) The 

 original specimens — types but not so designated ^ — of occidentalis, 

 comprising six slides all labeled, except the sixth, ''From San Gabriel 

 Red Scale," and as follows — one slide bearing a pair labeled in addi- 

 tion "SignipTiora occidentalis How., male, female"; a second slide 

 bearing a male and labeled " SignipTiora male, occidentalis. June 3, 

 1887 " ; a third bearing a single female and labeled '' SignipTiora n. sp., 

 June 1, 1887." A fourth bearing a single female and labeled "Signi^ 

 pliora n. sp., male, occidentalis How. May 30, 1887." A fifth bear- 

 ing a female and a portion of another specimen, besides two specimens 

 of Prospaltella aurantii (Howard), labeled " Coccopliagus aurantii 

 How. MS. SignipJiora n. sp., female. May 9, 1887." And lastly, 

 a slide bearing a single female, besides seven specimens of Aspidioti- 

 pJiagus citrinus (Craw) and labeled " Coccophagus citrinus. Sig- 

 nipliora. From Aspidiotus aurantii. March 13, 1889. San Gabriel, 

 Cal." All of these slides, except the sixth, were cut out by hand 

 from window glass and were thick and short. (3) A sHde bearing a 

 single female and labeled "Morrill No. 2004. On orange leaf, 

 Orlando, Florida, 6/24, 1907. A. W. Morrill." (4) A sHde from the 

 collections of the Bureau of Entomology, United States Department 

 of Agriculture, bearing a single pair and labeled "From eggs of 

 Horiola arquata. Tunapunta. F. W. Urich, Feb., 1911"; this host 

 record must be considered a mistake until evidence is forthcoming; 

 it is contrary to the host habits of the group. Homotypes. (5) A 

 single female on a slide from the collections of the United States 

 Department of Agriculture, labeled "7572°^. Chionaspis on Mag- 

 nolia, Savannah, Georgia. Issued June 15, '97." (6) A slide bear- 

 ing the fragments of a single female specimen labeled "From Aspidi- 

 otus camelliae on Acacia sp. Mex. A. L. Herrara. XH. 15,1905." 

 (7) Another slide from the same collection, bearing three females 

 with specimens of mexicana and townsendi, labeled " 1768. Aspidiotus 



1 But for the convenience of future workers now marked as types, Cat. No. 1473, U. S. National Museum, 

 the three slides as listed below, labeled "May 30, 1SS7" (1 male), "June 1, 1S87" (1 female), and "June 3, 

 18S7" (1 male), all evidently pait of the material used in describing occidentalis. 



