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that are shorter, and some, near the margin of 
the body, are longer. Interspersed among the spines, 
are many small, circular, compound glands, about 
12,5 microns in diameter, with the margin thickened, 
and an elliptical central orifice. There are also 
other, larger glands, entirely circular in outline, 17 
microns in diameter, with the margin thickned 
and the inner border crenulated, and with the cen- 
tral orifice in the form of a Greek cross, which, 
sometimes, has five points instead of four. 
Hab. Bosque de Saúde, near São Paulo. Col- 
lected on November 22nd, 1919, by Mr. Julius 
Melzer, on the bark of the limbs of an indigenous 
plant. It was not possible to find adult specimens, 
-as all of the individuals, were attacked by a species of 
fungus which killed all of them before they reached 
the adult stage. 
It is with great satisfaction that I dedicate 
this species to Dr. Affonso d’Escragnolle Taunay, 
the active and dedicated Director of the Musea 
Paulista. The type is incorporated in the collections 
of the Museu Paulista with the number 20087. 
After the adults of both sexes are known, it 
is probable that the present species will have to 
be placed in another genus. 
Sub-family ORTHEZUNÆ 
Orthezia grandis n. sp. 
The adult female is large, with the body about 
11.500 mm. long and 5.750 mm. wide. The dor- 
sal surface has a double, longitudinal, median row 
of short tufts of gray wax, and also has a mar- 
ginal row of triangular tufts of gray wax. These 
marginal tufts are very short on the posterior ex- 
tremity, and ionger on the lateral margins. The 
ventral surface is covered by a thin layer of gray 
wax, and the dorsal surface also has a thin layer 
of gray wax on the areas between the tufts. 
The ovisac is very long, white or light gray 
in color, smooth on the ventral surface, but finely 
striated longitndinally and transversely, on the der- 
