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and form; setae long, three on each side, one near to and 

 cephalad of each lobe, and near middle of each lateris; anus 

 located near cephalic part of pygidium; margin of segments 



of preabdomen disitinctly toothed. — Java on Myristica 



javanensis Green. 

 SPECIES OF XEROPHILASPIS 

 Pygidium of adult female with two pairs of small subequal lobes, broader 

 than long, margin rounded, entire; median incisura normal, one-half 

 width of second; pectinae or plates wanting; setae minute, shorter than 

 lobes; ceratubae small, not abundant; anus four times its width from 

 caudal margin and once from vulva; calles obsolete; pygidium of 

 second nymphal female with median pair of lobes large, subtruncated, 

 angles rounded, as long as broad, protuberant, entire; second pair of 

 lobes similar in form to median, smaller; third pair of lobes four or 

 five times as broad as long, mesal margin straight, lateral margin 

 oblique, emarginalte, slightly crenulate; plates small, shorter than 

 lobes, arranged 0, 1, 1, 0; anus over eight times its width from caudal 

 margin. — Arizona on Prosopis. prosopidis Ckll. 



SPECIES OF PHAULASPIS 

 a. Pygidium of adult female transverse, truncated, hardly projecting 

 beyond the margin; preabdomen fringed with six small equidistant 

 setae, minutely serrate; pygidium of second nymphal female with 

 single pair of lobes; median pair of lobes elongate with slightly 

 converging sides, bluntly pointed, entire, distant; pectinae or plates 

 wanting; each lateris with three deep indentations limiting areas 

 with prominent caudal angles; each median lobe and each of two 

 caudal projedtions bearing two setae; mesospiracerores present. — 



Australia on Hakea. hakeae Mask. 



aa. Pygidium of adult female transverse, truncated, distinctly project- 

 ing beyond the margin, entire, deep mesal incision; lobes, pectinae 

 or plates, and setae wanting; pygidium of second nymphal female 

 with four simple lobes, scarcely projecting, extending cephalad 

 paraphysis-like, adjacent, inconspicuous; cephalad of lobes two large 

 deep inconspicuous clefts; pectinae or plates wanting; pygidium 

 of first nymph with two lobes with single deep cleft on each side. — 

 Gymnaspis grandis Green. — Seychelles on Lodoicea. grandis Green. 



SPECIES OF ANCEPASPIS 

 Pygidium of adult female strongly narrowed at middle; lobes and 

 pectinae or plates wanting; caudal margin with two deep, narrow, 

 parallel emarginaJtions, extending for one-half length of narrowed por- 

 tion; mesal portion between emarginations with rounded angles, 

 bearing single seta on each side near caudal end of emarginations; 

 each lateral portion bordering emargination narrower than mesal, 

 angulate at caudal end; anus about eighteen times its width from 

 caudal margin and once from vulva; body cephalad of constricted 

 portion broadly rounded; pygdidium of second nymphal female rounded, 

 entire, two undulations where median lobes usually located with 

 emargination between; setae minute, more numerous than in adult; 

 anus six times its width from caudal margin; lobes and pectinae or 

 plates wanting; pygidium of first nymph without lobes, short setae, 

 and anal setae. — Arizona on Prosopis tridentata Ferris. 



