Eriococcince. 349 



Penultimate segment of abdomen roundly dilated on each side, with two long 

 white cottony filaments, each of which is supported by a pair of strong setae 

 springing from a grandular pocket. Length approximately i mm. 



This insect is a troublesome pest oi Araiicaria exceha and allied species in 

 Ceylon. It occurs in enormous numbers on the foliage, rendering the trees 

 unsightly by reason of the abundant growth of sooty fungus that invariably 

 accompanies the insect. The species is probably an introduction from New 

 Zealand. It was first noticed on young Araucaria trees in the Botanical 

 Gardens at Peradeniya and Hakgala, and is now to be found in private gardens 

 throughout the hill districts. 



Occurs also in New Zealand, the Sandwich Islands, South Africa, and in 

 Southern California. It has now been recorded from the Indian Continent. 



ERIOCOCCUS NUER^, nov. 

 (Plate CXXXIV.) 



Ovisac of female white, slightly tinged with ochreous. Irregularly oval, 

 conforming to the shape of the crevices of the bark in which it rests ; thin 

 and brittle. Length averaging 2'5 mm. 



Adult female turbinate, tapering behind {fig. i). Antenna {fig. 2) seven- 

 jointed ; second, third, and seventh approximately equal, longest ; fourth, fifth, 

 and sixth approximately equal, shortest. Legs {fig. 3) comparatively slender ; 

 tarsus markedly longer than tibia ; claw with minute denticule near extremity ; 

 digitules slender, minutely knobbed at extremity. Anal lobes {fig. 4) strongly 

 chitinous, well developed ; each with three longish truncate spines and one or 

 more slender setae. Caudal setae stout, approximately twice the length of the 

 anal lobes. Anal ring with eight stout setae which extend almost to the extremity 

 of the anal lobes. Margin with a broken series of moderately slender but 

 conspicuous truncate spines : the series more or less continous on the anterior 

 margin, but broken into groups of three or four on the thorax, and of from two to 

 four on the abdominal segments {see fig. i) : a pair of similar but rather smaller 

 spines on the median dorsal area of the penultimate segment, and a single median 

 spine immediately above the base of the anal lobes (see {fig. 4). Disc of 

 dorsum with numerous minute and inconspicuous hair-like spines, arranged in 

 tranverse series across the abdomen, intermingled with minute circular ceri- 

 ferous pores. Length 2*25 mm. 



Young larva with conspicuous marginal truncate spinq^, disposed as in the 

 adult. 



On the bark of an undetermined forest tree. Nuera Eliya. March, 1898. 



