i;u. 



iJuiic. 



lobes, the 1st 

 very large, 

 widely diver- 

 gent and 

 deeply serra- 

 ted on the 

 inner margin; 

 the 2nd pair 

 are very mi- 

 nute, and 

 slightly dila- 

 ted at the 

 extremity; be- 

 tween the 1st 



and 2nd pairs of lobes is a large pore or gland, with an opening on the margin, and 

 beyond these four or five others, equidistant, and all opening in the same way. 

 There is a single long spine attached near the base of the inner margin of the median 

 lobes ; there are also two or three very short spines on the margin beyond ; there is '■, 

 no trace of plates. 



? adult : pygidium (fig. 2) without grouped spinnerets ; median lobes as in the 

 second stage ^ , but somewhat narrower, and the 2nd pair of lobes are even more rudi- 

 mentary ; there is a single spine on each of the median lobes, one between the Isti 

 and 2nd pairs of lobes, and beyond them three others ; immediately beyond the 1st' 

 spine is a large pore, and midway between the 4th and 5th spines is another, somewhat ', 

 shorter than the 1st. In this stage the spines are longer and more numerous, and 

 there are fewer marginal pores. 



Hab. : Baluchistan, on Nerium oleander. 



Collected by Lieut. R. Tomlin, and forwarded from Calcutta, 

 January 24th, 1894. On the leaves was also a curious black Aleurodes, 

 which so closely resembled the Coccids that it was only by the appli- 

 cation of the microscope I was able to detect the difference. This 

 must be my excuse for delaying the publication of this description. 



In all the previously described species of Parlatoria the adult ? 

 has grouped spinnerets, and the margin of the pygidium crenulated ; 

 and so closely do the species resemble each other in this respect that 

 it is somewhat difficult to separate them. In the above it will be seen 

 such characters are entirely wanting ; yet at the same time the 

 external characters of the scale agree in every detail with those of 

 Parlatoria ; for this reason I do not feel justified in creating a new 

 genus for this otherwise unique species. 



Chester : March \Zth, 189G. 



