110 SCIENCE BULLETIN, No. 18. 



Lachnodius hirtiis, Maskell. 

 Trans. N. Zealand Institute, vol. xxviii, p, 402, pi. xxii, figs. 1-9. 1896. 



The specimens were collected on the foliage of a wattle {Acacia, sp.) at 

 Thornleigh, New South Wales. 



The adult female dark purple, covered with fine short white filaments 

 over the fine hairs clothing the dorsal surface; general form subglobular. 

 Diameter, from i to j of an inch. Antennae with seven joints; the third 

 longest; all the joints with a few hairs on the sides. Legs stout and long ; 

 the tibia three times the length of the tarsus with several long spines ; tarsus 

 short and thick with two slender spines ; claw short ; no digitules on tarsus 

 or claw. Anal ring with about twenty hairs. Abdomen truncate at tip 

 with no anal tubercles, but two of the dorsal hairs project beyond the margin. 



" The excessive pubescence and the strongly spined and spurred tibise 

 will distinguish this species." 



435. Lachnodius hirtus. Cat. Coccidse, p. 96. 



Lachnodius lectularius, Maskell. 

 Trans. N. Zealand Institute, vol. xxviii, p. 40, pi. xxi, figs. 12-19. 1896. 



The type specimens were collected on the twigs of young gums {Eucalyptus 

 rostrata) growing at Mooroopna, Goulburn River, Victoria. These coccids 

 formed depressions in the tissue of the twigs. Specimens collected at 

 National Park and other localities near Sj^dney, New South AVales, attack 

 the tips of the young shoots of Eucalyptus corymbosa, forming an irregular 

 mass pointed at the tip, with the sides folding together, forming a box-like 

 gall open along the dorsal surface. 



The adult female is dark to reddish brown, convex and segmented ; about 

 I of an inch in length. Antennae composed of seven joints, the third longest, 

 each with a few hairs. Legs stout, thickened tibia twice as long as the tarsus, 

 with spiny hairs on each joint. Digitules fine hairs. Anal ring large, with 

 from twenty to twenty-four hairs. The margin of the body with closely set, 

 long, strong spines, each springing from a ringed tubular base. The epidermis 

 covered with fine hairs; at the extremities masses of stronger spiny hair'^', 

 and on the abdominal segments a great many circular orifices. 



436. Lachnodius lectularius. Cat. Coccidae, p. 96. 



