SCALE INSECTS (• COCCID.E ") OF AISTUALIA. 



broadlv oval. Lcii^ith. i of an incli. Legs short, stout, claw with fine hairs. 

 Antenna' composed of seven joints, the second shorter tlian the third and 

 fouith : tiftli and sixth shorter than tlie fonrth ; tln^ seventli longest; con- 

 tracted and irregular in form, tufted with fine hairs. Anal tubercles very 

 indistinct; anal ring small with six fine hairs. Epidermis thickly covered 

 with short rod-like processes, small circidar orifices, and towards the abdomen 

 witli nianv fine hairs, thickest at the extremitv. 



En' urn glohosnvi, Maskell (Fig. fi8 . 

 Dorti/lo/iiiis (jloho.'ois. Trans. A'. Zi'ohnid Iti.st.. vol. xxiv, p. 34. ]il. vii. li^'s. ti-S. IS'tl. 



„ „ Ncwstead, Eiit. Motiflih/ Mrig.. vol. xxxi. ]>. 1(17. 180;"). 



hJriiiiii (jJdhiMinii. Cockerell, Amerirnii Xntvralist, vol. xxxi. \>. ")!Mt. KS!I.'). 



Cockorell, Canarlinn Riitoxmlngist. vol. xxxi. )). 27S. ISO!*. 



OriginalK- described from s])eciniens found u|ion the foliage of the tlioiiiy 

 acacia (Aairi<i armata) near Adelaide. Soutli Austialia. .Mi-. Crawford sei\t 

 the type to New Zealand with the MS. name of Eriintt ijlohosuni, but 

 Maskell described it m the genus Daclylopiii^. In Victoria it is recorded 

 upon Acacia decurrens, but in the coastal districts of New South AVales 

 it is verv common on the foliage <if (•rcrillea hit.iijoha. 



The adult female is envelo|)ed 

 in a com])lete rounded sac of 

 white wooUv filaments, loosely 

 felted together, usually resting 

 on the axil of the leaf. Diameter, 

 up to ' of an inch. Adult femah- 

 globidar, dark purple to almost 

 black in tints. Length, about 

 I of an inch. Antennje conb 

 ])Osed of seven joints (Maskell 

 says sometimes eiu'ht) : first joint 

 shor< , broad; second and fourth 

 shorter than the third, but the 

 fifth and sixth still shorter; the 

 seventh longest, rounded at the 

 ti}), with a few hairs. Legs small. 

 V)ut stout in |)ro])ortion- to tlir 

 length. .Vnal I'ing large, with 

 six long hairs. .\nal tubei'cles 

 verv small, with short lance- 

 headed s])ines at the tip. and a few below. Epidciiiiis covered with short 

 rod-like ])rocesses, small circular s])inneret orifices, and tine hairs. 



540. Kiintn f/lobnstnu. Cat. Coccida-, ]). ll-b 



Fig. 68. l-'.iiuiti (jl(ibn>.U)ii. 



