EXPLANATION OF PLATE CLXXL 

 Tachardia lacca. 



Fig. I. Piece of branch thickly encrusted with lac ; part (on right) broken, 

 to show the insects in their cells, nat. size. 



2. Adult female, removed from cell, side view, x 8. 



3. Extremity of caudal process, ventral aspect, x 135. 



4. Dorsal spiracle, x 220. 



5. Chitinous cap of stigmatic process, from above, x 220. 



6. „ „ „ „ „ in profile, x 130. 



7. Dorsal spine, x 220. 



8. Branch with thin encrustation of lac, nat. size. 



9. Mature adult female, removed from cell, lateral view, x 12. 



10. Early adult female, „ „ „ „ x 12. 



1 1. Cell of nymph (or early adult female), x 12. 



12. Puparium of male, dorsal view, x 12. 

 13- )) ). „ side view, x 12. 

 14. Early adult female, dorsal view, x 12. 



{Figs. 1-7 prepared from Indian material • /igs. 8-14, from material collected 

 in Ceylon.) 



