SCALE INSECTS (" COCCID^E ") OF AUSTEALIA. 



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Opisthoscelis fibularis, Froggatt. 

 Pro. Linn. Soc. N.S.W., vol. xviii, p. 344, pi. xvi, figs. 17-21, 1893. 

 Agric. Gazette N.S.W., vol. ix, p. 498, 1898. 



The male and female galls formed upon the upper surface of several uu* 

 determined species of Eucalypts, Bathiirst, New South Wales ; Bendigo» 

 Victoria. 



The female gall one-sixth of an inch in height, and about the same diameter 

 at the base, which forms a circular ring ; brown ; produced into a tapering 

 thorn, with the apej? truncated and open, the orifice having a lip on either 

 side. Male galls smaller, somewliat similar, forming a reddish wart on the 

 under side of the leaf. 



Adult female pale yellow ; cephalic and thoracic segments rounded ; 

 abdominal ones tapering to tail ; epidermis clothed with fine hairs ; hind 

 legs well developed. 



152. Opisthoscelis fibularis. Cat. Coccidse, p. 46. 



Opisthoscelis maculata, Froggatt (Fig. 103). 



Pro. Linn. JSoc. N.S.W., vol. xviii, p. 345, pi. xvi, figs. 22-23, 1893. 

 Agric. Gazette N.S.W., vol. ix, p. 497, 1898. 



The male and female galls produced upon the leaves of the Mallee gum 

 {Eucalyptus gracilis), Bendigo, Victoria. 



Fig. 103. — OpiMoscelis maculata, Troggatt. 

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