Maskell. — On Coccidae. 303 



and grooves, which appear to be usually nine or ten in num- 

 ber. Length of puparium, about ^^in. 



Puparium of male similar to that of the female, but 

 smaller ; length, about -^-^in. In this case, of course, there is 

 only a single pellicle, which is reddish-brown. The puparium 

 is straight, convex, and deeply corrugated, and may be dis- 

 tinguished from that of the female (apart from the size) by 

 the lighter colour of the corrugations, which are usually eight 

 or nine in number. 



Adult female dark-brown, elongated, of the normal form 

 of the genus ; length, about ^-^in.. The extremity of the 

 abdomen is truncate, with nearly straight edge, bearing six 

 very small nearly transparent lobes, each of which is sub- 

 triangular, with an indentation on each side : these lobes are 

 placed rather far apart, and the two median ones are a 

 little larger than the others. There are two rather broad 

 conical short spines between each pair of lobes, and some- 

 times three between the second and third. There are no 

 groups of spinnerets, but many single orifices. The anterior 

 portion of the abdomen exhibits three conspicuous corruga- 

 tions, each of which bears on the margin at each side three or 

 four broad cylindrical hairs with serrated ends. 



The male pupa is dark-brown. The adult male is red, 

 of normal form ; length, exclusive of the spike, about ^^g-in. ; 

 the spike is almost half as long as the body. Antennae rather 

 thick, with the normal ten hairy joints. Wings, feet, and 

 eyes normal. 



Hob. In Australia, on Litsea (or Litsaiea) dealhata. My 

 specimens were sent by Mr. Froggatt, from Ballina, Richmond 

 Eiver, New South Wales. I have the pleasure of attaching to 

 it the name of Mr. J. H. Maiden, botanist to the Agricultural 

 Department, Sydney. 



This is an extremely pretty little species, and the deeply- 

 grooved puparia are unlike any which I have previously seen. 

 On the leaf sent to me there were many more males than 

 females. In the appearance of only one pellicle on the 

 female puparium the species approaches Fiorinia, but in that 

 genus the second pellicle is much larger than the adult, and 

 occupies almost the whole puparium. 



Mytilaspis citricola, Packard, var. tasmanias, var. nov. 



Puparia of both male and female not differing in any im- 

 portant particular from those of the type. 



Adult female similar to the type, except that tbe third 

 lobe on each side of the abdominal margin is rather more 

 prominent, and that the spinnerets are more numerous : 

 the upper group has 8 to 10 orifices, the u^Dper laterals 12 to 

 15, the lower laterals 12 to 18. 



