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row of open marginal areas, whereas vinsonioides shows only one row 

 of inclosed areas and one row of open marginal areas. On the dorsum 

 there are also other minute pores arranged as shown in figure 5, plate 53. 

 The arrangement of these is very similar in oculiminutus, vinsonioides, 

 and oculireniformis. The eyespots are very minute, about equal in size 

 to the pores of the submarginal area. The eyespots may be distin- 

 guished at once from the submarginal pores from the fact that they are 

 transparent, whereas the pores are not. They are much nearer the mar- 

 gin than is usual, being on the same line as the submarginal row of pores, 

 or even nearer the margin (pi. 53, fig. 5). The dorsmn, mesad of the 

 submarginal ring of pores, is without checkered markmgs. Vasiform 

 orifice (pi. 53, fig. 7) of about equal width and length, the operculum 

 filhng a httie more than half of it. Caudad of the orifice near the 

 margin of the case there is a pair of thick spines close together, and 

 the usual pair is present latero-cephalad of the orifice. 



On the leaf the cases are shinmg black. There is no dorsal waxy 

 secretion, but there is an irregular white waxy marginal fringe. In 

 some specimens this mass fuses into a yeUow, semitransparent wax, 

 terminating on the periphery in numerous squarish teeth. 



Adult female. — The females present are fragmentary and it is im- 

 possible to give from them a complete description. Color yellowish, 

 with yellowish or dusky shadings. Eyes dark brown. Forewings 

 with dusky brown markings as shown in figure 6, plate 53. Length 

 of forewing 0.88 mm. ; hind wing uniform dusky. The markings of 

 the forewing of this species are very similar to those of oculireniformis. 



Adult male. — Unknown. 



Described from pupa cases and females in balsam mounts and pupa 

 cases dry upon the foUage. 



Tyi^e.—Csit. No. 19199, U.S.N.M. 



ALEUROPLATUS (ALEUROPLATUS) OCULIRENIFORMIS. new species. 



Plate 55, figs. 1-10. 



One lot only of this species is in the bureau collection. It was 

 taken by F. Rocha at Ceara, Brazil, m January, 1906, on Passijlora. 

 Two other species are very closely related to the present one, namely 

 vinsonioides CockereU and oculiminutus. The separation of these 

 species is made on the pupa case, as adults of vinsonioides m the 

 collection are fragmentary females only. 



Egg (pi. 55, fig. l).^^olor yeUow, in a few cases brownish; 

 shape oval with one side flattened ; stalk not exactly at the base, but 

 farther from the flattened than the rounded side of the egg. Surface 

 without apparent sculpturing; length 0.192 mm. 



Pupa case (pi. 55, fig. 2). — Shape oval, broadest across abdo- 

 men. Size 0.912 by 0.72 mm.; some specimens smaller. Color 

 dense black, with eyespots sometimes showing a clear transparent 



