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[February, 



CniONASPtS UEDTOTIDIS, GrecH. 

 On Mangifera sp. (No. 77). 



Chionaspis LiTZEiE, Greei). 

 On Cinnamomum zei/lanicmn (No. 41). 



Lepidosaphes ungdlata, n. sp. (Fig. 6). 



Female puparium dark reddish-brown, margin and pellicles paler. Elongate, 

 narrow, usually sinuous ; median area moderately convex, margins flattened ; sur- 

 face dull, obscurely transversely corrugated. Below with a well defined channel for 

 the reception of the body of the insect. Length, 2 to 3 mm.; breadth, 0*8 to 1 mm. 



Male puparium smaller ; dark brown, with a 

 pale transverse band towards the hinder extremify, 

 at the point where the scale is hinged to facilitate 

 the egress of the winged 

 insect. Length, r50 mm.; 

 breadth, about 050 mm. 



Adult $ (fig. 6a), elong- 

 ate, broadest across abdomi- 

 nal area ; the cephalo-thora- 

 cic area occupying full two- 

 thirds of the total length. 

 Margins of the four abdo- 

 minal segments strongly pro- 

 duced and armed with claw- 

 like processes (fig. 6b). The 

 processes on the first abdo- 

 minal segment merge into Fig. 66. 

 spiniform squames with tubular glands ; those on the outer segments appear to 

 be unconnected with glands. Pygidium (fig. 6c) irregularly rounded ; median 



lobes prominent, 



\ slightly emargin- 



Fig. 6a. 



^^ 



\ V ate ; second lobes 

 ' ^ ^ duplex, the lo- 

 bules distinct and 

 separate. Beyond 

 the lobes are three 

 thickened margi- 

 nal prominences. 

 In each interval 

 are a pair of spi- 

 Fig. Gc. niform squames 



those on each side of the second lobes situated on a conspicuous marginal process 

 bearing a large pore. Anal aperture at base of pygidium. Circumgenital glands 

 in five groups ; median with 3 to 4 orifices ; upper laterals with 6 to 9 ; lower 

 Oval dorsal pores in two small series on each side. 



laterals with 4 to 6. 



Adult (? unknown. 



Length, 0-75 to 1 mm. Greatest breadth, about 0-40 mm. 



