DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW AND LITTLE KNOWN COCCIDAE 
Family COCCIDAE 
Sub-family MONOPHLEBINAE 
Monophlebus niveus n. sp. 
The body of the adult female is oval in form» 
peing widest across the abdomen. The divisions of 
the thorax and abdomen are distinctly marked by 
dark brown transverse lines. The remainder of the 
body is light red in color. The dorsal surface is 
ornamented by four longitudinal furrows and many 
long hairs, and the entire body is generally cove- 
red with a white powder, and sometimes the entire 
insect is involved in a mass of fine, white threads. 
The body is 9.560 mm. long, 5.000 mm. wide, and 
2.000 mm. high. Glassy rods were not observed. 
Boiled in a solution of KOH, the derm becomes 
soft and transparent, and the liquid becomes slight- 
ly tinged with red. The antennae, legs and eyes 
are dark brown. The antennae are from 1.700 mm. 
to 1.810 mm. long, and are composed of 11 joints, 
all of which are provided with many hairs. The 
lengths of the joints are: (1), 282; (2), 201-216; 
(3), 170-186; (4), 124-139; (5), 124-155; (6), 
Ow je SIC (SA Iodine GO 124%. (40), 
108-124; (11). 201. The approximate formula is : 
Pee eon oso LPS OE cae OP Or iat asa 1") 
3 (6, 7, 8) (4, 5, 9) 10. The legs are relatively 
long, the following being the lenths of the joints of 
the first pair: coxa, 341; femur with trochanter, 
All measurements of antennal and leg joints, hairs, 
glands and other organs are in microns, unless otherwise 
stated. 
