SCALE INSECTS (" COCCID^ ") OF AUSTRALIA. 57 



The adult female is enclosed in an ovate papery test, of a greyish colour, 

 under-surface yellow, having a slight dorsal ridge and several transverse 

 impressions, a decided keel round the margin of the whole test at the junction 

 of the two halves. Length, 0-17 inch ; v idth, 0-12 inch. 



The adult female is a dark brown tinged with yellow ; cylindrical antennae 

 composed of ten joints; feet aborted, anal lobes striated, without spines or 

 setsv ; anal ring with ten short hairs ; a few short spines on margin of body 

 and many figure-of-eight orifices. 



201. Lecaniodaspis melalevcce. Cat. Coccidae, p. 55. 



Lecaniodasjyits microcibraria, n.sp. (Fig. 41). 



A scale recorded by Mr. C. French, jun., as very abundant on the branch- 

 lets of a small native shrub {Epacris impressa), growing on the Dandenong 

 Ranges, Victoria. In a note sent he informs me that in many places on the 

 ranges it is killing out this shrub. This species has been examined and 

 determined under this name by Mr. E. E. Green. 



The female test is a greyish brown, broadly oval, very convex, constricted 

 along the margin, with a parallel dorsal ridge, slightly impressed with shallow 

 transverse lines, giving the whole test a roughened surface ; anal orifice small 

 and rounded. Length, | of an inch. 



The adult female is broadly rounded, yellowish brown, with an opaque 

 ei'idermis that is very finely shagreened with immense numbers of small 

 pores (in one prepared specimen a number of irregularly scattered dark 

 yellow spots stand out) ; anal plates like the calyx of a flower, with the anal 

 r ing at the base with apparently ten flattened hairs pointing upwards ; anal 

 segment divided and rounded on either side ; antennae short, composed of 

 eight cylindrical joints tapering to the extremity, second longest, terminal 

 one irregular at tip ; feet aborted. Length, cu of an inch. 



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Lecaniodasjns iieivmani, n.sp. 



Specimens received from Mr. L. J. Newman, found upon the branches of 

 an undetermined species of Eucalyptus, near Perth, Western Australia. 



The female test is massed together on the bark like those of Lecaniodaspis 

 jrcnchi, which in general ajjpearance they somewhat resemble. Thin, waxy, 

 of a duller yellowish brown without any paler granulations ; broadly irregu- 

 larly rounded, very convex, wath the anal extremity produced into a distinct 

 funnel surrounding the small anal orifice. Length. } of an inch. 



The adult female is dull brown, oval, with stout cylindrical 7-jointcd 

 antennae, 1st to 4th uniform, 5th shorter, 6th short, 7th short irregular, with 

 scattered bristles at tip. Legs wanting, shoA\nng only aborted claws repre- 

 senting the fore legs; anal ring granulated with eight long bristles, the 

 chit nous plates well defined on both sides showing stout pines. Epidermis 

 covered with tubular spinnererts. Length, -/o of an inch. 



