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the middle of the f rontovertex ; eyes moderately wide, slightly the 

 widest just before the middle, the facial end rather less bluntly 

 rounded than the occipital end instead of being broadly rounded as 

 in iceryae; antennal sockets about as in iceryae, the scrobes distmct 

 but not deep and reaching a little above the lower corners of eyes. 

 Antennal scape a little shorter than the eyes, slightly expanded 

 below and widest at the middle, son^ewhat grooved beneath at apex, 

 and rather strongly curved before the middle; pedicel somewhat 

 longer than the first two funicle joints coinbined; funicle joints nearly 

 equal in length, the first as long as wide, the following gradually 

 widening so that the sixth is twice as wide as the first; club solid, 

 obliquely truncate to the basal fourth, and nearly as long as the last 

 four funicle joints combined. Mandibles the same as in iceryae. 

 Thorax and abdomen also similar except that the ovipositor is rather 

 more protruded. Wings as in iceryae except that there are several 

 more rows of cilia on the basal third of disk and the speculum is 

 more distinct. Sculpture as in iceryae, although somewhat finer 

 the pubescence similar. Length of body, 1.70; length of head, 0.61 

 width of head, 0.60; width of vertex, 0.174; length of eye, 0.44 

 width of eye, 0.27; length of antenna, 0.95; width of mesoscutum, 

 0.62; length of forewing, 1.70; width of forewing, 0.66; length of 

 ovipositor, 0.12 mm. 



Frontovertex, mesoscutum except behind the parapsidal lines on 

 each posterior corner, and the scutellum pale ochraceous orange 

 (R.), the rest of head, sides, and anterior margin of pronotal collar, 

 posterior corners of mesoscutum and underparts of thorax wax 

 yellow (R.); apex of mandibles, the hidden part of pronotum, the 

 axillae, propodemn, and most of dorsum of abdomen brownish 

 black, collar of pronotum transparent whitish, separated from the 

 blackish area of the concealed part by a narrow yellow band as 

 noted above, and apparently overlying a blackish, concealed area 

 on the anterior margin of mesoscutum; tegulae pale yellowish with 

 the posterior margin brown; metanotum, first tergite of abdomen 

 except median part of the posterior margin, most of the last tergite, 

 ovipositor sheaths and the venter about 3'ellow ocher (R.), the 

 venter a little more bro\vnish towards the apex in the paratype. 

 Scape and pedicel about concolorous with the face, the flagellum 

 pale yellowish brown. Legs wax yellow, the tibiae somewhat darker, 

 or nearly yellow ocher (R.); the middle tibial spur and tarsi a little 

 more whitish, with the apical joint of the tarsi browniish; knee- 

 joint of the hind legs brownish black. Wings entirely hyaline, the 

 veins pale brown. 



Male. — Similar to the female, but the yellow parts all about 

 strontian yellow (R.), the frontovertex, mesoscutum, and scutellum 

 concolorous; the scutellum with a pale brownish spot on the disk 



