174 THE VICTORIAN NATURALIST. 



of the puparia of this species were kept under glass, but un- 

 fortunately no male specimens were developed, many of the 

 puparia having borne evidence of an attack from some minute 

 hymenopterous fly. 



Aspidiotus fodiens, Maskell, sp. nov. 



Female puparium circular, slightly convex, greyish or reddish- 

 brown ; the pellicles in the centre rather more convex, forming a 

 slight boss, and bright orange, but often covered with a thin 

 greyish scaly coating. Diameter of puparium averaging about 

 ^5- inch. The puparia occupy depressions in the leaf which 

 have the appearance of being caused by the insect. 



Male puparium slightly elongated, similar in colour to that of 

 the female, but smaller ; not carinated. 



Adult female of the normal peg-top form, orange-coloured, the 

 abdomen somewhat acuminate. Abdomen ending in six rather 

 narrow floriated lobes, set rather close together, with many scaly 

 serrated hairs between them ; at a little distance away on the 

 margin is another lobule on each side, which is denticulate, as in 

 the last species. Spinnerets in four groups ; upper groups with 

 three to two orifices, lower groups with one or two. Many single 

 spinnerets. 



Adult male unknown. 



On isolated specimen of Acacia linearis, the seeds of which 

 have probably been brought down from some of our mountain 

 districts, where it is very common. This scale is a fairly con- 

 spicuous one, and the depression in the leaves, also alluded to by 

 Mr. Maskell, are very striking. This species has probably a 

 much wider range than where I found it, but although the bushes 

 of A. linearis have been searched no further specimens could be 

 found, although I looked very carefully for them on the above 

 and under part of the leaf. Mr. Maskell thinks this species 

 approaches that of A. uvae, an insect infesting vines in Indiana, 

 U.S. of America. 



(To be continued.) 



ARTICLES OF INTEREST TO VICTORIAN NATURAL- 

 ISTS IN RECENT PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



In " Proceedings of Linnean Society of New South Wales" 2nd 

 series, vol. vii., part 2 : — 



" A Viviparous Australian Peripatus," by J. J. Fletcher, M.A., 



B.Sc. 

 " Catalogue of Described Hymenoptera of Australia," part 2, 



by W. W. Froggatt. Enumerating 488 species, belonging to 



thirteen families and 70 genera, principally wasps and bees. 

 " On the Oviparity of the Larger Victorian Peripatus," by A. 



Dendy, D.Sc. 



