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Ovisac white, slightly tinged with pale ochreous. Closely felted, compara- 

 tively smooth; sometimes with traces of transverse segmentation. Form very 

 elongate oval ; convex, depth at centre equal to breadth, from which point a 

 profile view shows an even curve to either extremity. Average dimensions, 

 3 mm. by 1 mm. 



Male puparium similar in colour and substance, but smaller and flatter. 



a. Adult female, X 30. b. Antenna, X 280. c. Dermal pores, X -^^0. 



Associated with the previous two species on a slender-leaved grass 

 (? Agrosfis setacea) . The ovisacs are nearly always attached to dry and 

 dead blades, seldom on the green parts. The support being extremely 

 slender, the ovisac overlaps it. 



Occurring abundantly on uncultivated land, often amongst 

 heather : Camberley, Surrey, August, and September. Found also at 

 Virginia Water, Surrey, September. 



Eriococcus liAGERSTROEMiAE Kuwana. 



Found by Mr. J. C. F. Fryer on Lagerstroemia (growing in the 

 open) in a nursei-y garden at St. Albans, Herts. 



The species may be recognised by the following characters : — 

 Ant-enna 7-jointed, 3rd and 4th equal. Anal lobes rather small, but 

 strongly chitinized. Tarsus markedly longer than tibia. Spines 

 numerous, moderately large, sharply pointed, of equal size, in trans- 

 verse series across the abdominal segments, irregularly crowded on the 

 thoracic area. 



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