SCALE INSECTS (" COCCIDiE ") OF AUSTRALIA. 43 



Genus LIX. Newsteadla, Green. 



Entomologists' Monthly Magazine, vol. xxxviii, 1902, p. 284. 



This genus was created by Green when examining material sent to him 

 by Mr. French from Victoria ; while identifying the specimens as the European 

 coccid OrtJieziafloccosa,h.e said that this species differed from all other members 

 of the genus, the tibio-tarsal articulation being absent in all the legs, and the 

 terminal joint of the antennae apparently composed of two fused joints, 

 forming a scape-like termination, the antennee thus consisting of seven joints 

 instead of eight, and also having the basal joint of the antennae very long. 



Newsteadia Jloccosa, De Geer. 



Coccus floccosus, Mem. Ins., vii, p. 604, 1778. 



,, Douglas, Ent. Monthly Magazine, xvii, pp. 174-204, 1881 : and 



„ Trans. Ent. Soc, London, p. 447, 1881, and p. 300, Pro. ix, 1881. 



This is a European mealy bug that has been described under several different 

 names. In 1901 Mr. French sent Mr. Green some coccids found " on some 

 wet timber at the 300-feet level, in a mine in Gippsland, Victoria." On 

 examination, Green found this coccid was the well-known European mealy 

 bug, Orthezia jloccosa. It is doubtful if it is a native of Australia, and has 

 been introduced into the mine in some accidental manner. 



It is a typical species of a genus, the members of which in general appear- 

 ance all resemble each other. The adult females being partly or wholly 

 covered with plates of secretion, and furnished with antennae of eight or nine 

 joints, usually the latter. It is usually found among grass and moss in 

 England. 



108. Newsteadia Jloccosa. Cat. Coccidae, p. 39. 



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