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filaments from both the squames and the oval pores. The former produce fine 

 silky threads, and the latter appear to supply a cementing material in the form 

 of golden coloured strap-shaped filaments {fig. 7). 



Adult male bright red. Ocelli black. Rudimentary eyes on gense {fig. 10) 

 obscurely but unmistakably compound, surrounded by a ring of pigment spots. 

 Antenna with single knobbed hair at apex. Foot with three digitules, one 

 ungual and two tarsal. Length 060 mm. 



Eggs numerous, bright yellow. 



Habitat on stems and leaves of Pantcuni sp., Ischcciiium ctliare, Ophismenus 

 composittfs, and various other grasses. Pundaluoya. A form with obscurely 

 floriated median lobes occurs in Nuwara Eliya. 



Allied to the American species, Ch. pmijollce. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XLIIL 



Chionaspis herb^. 



{All figures, except No. i, more or less enlarged.) 



Fig. I. Grass stem {Panician sp.) with insects in situ. 



2. Female puparium, from Ischcemum ciliare. 



3. „ „ from Panicum sp. 



4. „ „ showing ventral scale. 



5. Male puparium. 



6. Adult female, dorsal view. 



7. Margin of pygidium of living female, showing secretionary filaments. 



8. Pygidium of female, dorsal view. 



9. „ „ ventral view of extremity 

 10. Rudimentary eye of adult male. 



