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^.To nxr T.PTTTSH COCCWAE. WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF 

 OBSERVATIONS ON BRITISH LVLtiu. 



NEW SPECIES. 



BY E. ERNEST GBEEN, F.E.S., F.Z.S. 

 {Concl^ided from p. 152.) 

 FseicJococcus comsfocJci Kuw. (Fig. 5.) 

 Llvlnc colonies of this insect ave of frequent occurrence on bananas 

 ,^,^^:fL countr. fro. the West Indies. TUey are to be found 

 „„ tl,e sbilks and at the base of the fruits. 



TWO species, »hich has not previously been reeognized heve, some- 



XT M u o . n antoBna X 130; b, hind leg, Xl30; 

 Fi,. ..--Pseuaococcus cornstocU. Adu 9 ^ a, ^^J^^ ,^.,,,, ^ ^50; ., spines 

 c, posterior extremity, X 130 , d, ^P^^^f^ °^ i^es of 17th ditto, 



of 15th ditto, X 450; /, spmes of 16th ditto, X 4ou , g, 



X 450. 

 what closely resembles l^,,spi«»s and «ariH,nu.. both of which are 

 known as greenhouse peste with us. 



The adult female is of a dull purplish colour, closely overlaid with 

 „Hte ni:?; l.-etion. and wrtb a marginal series of waxy tassels which 



