44 Aspidiotus. 



trees, and to greatly disfigure the fruit. Prof. Comstock found that the insect 

 required about sixty days to develop from the egg to the adult. He considers 

 the species one to be feared, and recommends orange-growers to eradicate the 

 pest before it becomes unmanageable. 



^EXPLANATION OF PLATE V. 



Aspidiotus ficus. 



{All figures^ except No. i, more or less enlarged j Jigs. 6, 7, and 8 are drawn 

 from specimens collected at Keiu on Garcinia cambogia.) 



Fig. I. Piece of rhododendron leaf, with insects in situ, nat. size. 



2. Female puparium, from above. 



3. „ „ „ below. 

 4 Pygidium of adult female. 



5. Female puparium, more advanced specimen, from below. 



6. Male puparium, from above. 



7. Adult female, ventral view, showing spine on side of thorax. 



8. Thorn-like spine, from margin of mesothorax. 



