146 f''"iy' 



at the sides. Elytra a little broader than the prothorax, slightly widened 

 posteriorly. Legs rather slender. 



Length 4-5 mm. 



Hah. Sikkim {type of Pic), W. Almora [v.l919] and llanikliet 

 [iii.1920] Divisions of Kumaon (K. O. C). 



Seven $ $ , all but one from Eanikhet, are provisionally referred to 

 M. sikkimensis Pic, the type of which is said to have the basal joints of 

 the antennae pale beneath, these organs being entii-ely black in the 

 specimens before me. This species belongs to Abeille de Perrin's 

 Group 1, " Cai-dinales," and it is allied to the S, European and 

 N. African M. coccineus Waltl. 



Horsftll, Woking. 



March 1921. 



OBSERVATIONS ON BRITISH COCCIDAE, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF 

 NEW SPECIES.* 



BY E. EE>'EST UKEE?f, F.E.S., F.Z.S, 



No. VI. 



OrfJieziola vej'dorski/i tSalc. — This curious little insect was taken, 

 in considerable numbers, mider loose stones, at Minehead (Somei'set), 

 early in October. They were unassociated with ants of any kind. The 

 same species was received from Mr. H. M. Hallett, who collected them, 

 amongst moss, at Penarth (S. Wales), in the last week of November. 

 Individuals of this later gathering were carrying short ovisacs which 

 covered the under surface of the abdomen and projected slightly beyond 

 the extremity of the body. 



Orthezia uriicae L. — Taken on stems of Artemisia maritima 

 (Blakeney Point, Norfolk, 17.vii.l920) and on Teucriiim scorodouia 

 (Minehead, Somerset, 28.ix.1920). 



Eriococciis inermis Green. — The particular grass upon which this 

 species habitually occurs has now been determined as Festiica ovina. 

 On rough land, where this grass predominates, the insect may often be 

 found in abundance. I have sometimes collected over one hundred 

 specimens in an area less than a yard square. 



Eriococcns glyceriae, nov. (Pig. 1.) 



Insects at first naked, of a rosy-pink colour, witli a thin efflorescence of 

 white powdery secretion ; finally enveloped in a dense white ovisac. 



* Continued from vol. Iri., pp. ll-l-l-'il, May and June 19i;0. 



