elliptical in form, with a longitudinal diameter of 
about 124 microns. These glands are thick and 
compound, apparently with many orifices in the 
central portion. In the more central portion of the 
derm there are other simple glands, circular or 
oval in form, with a diameter of about 25 microns. 
The anal plates are relatively small, with the inter- 
ior margin concave, and 188 «microns in length. 
The exterior angie is rounded, and the anterior- 
lateral margin is 90 microns long, and the poste- 
rior lateral margin is 140 microns long. The stig- 
mal areas are very deeply incised, but no spines 
were observed in these regions. 
The newly hatched larvae have the body flat 
and elliptical in form, about 0.469 mm. long and 
0.232 mm. wide, and of a light brown color with 
a reddish tinge. The eyes are black. The margin 
of the body is finely crenulated, with the posterior 
extremity ornamented with a pair of spines and a 
pair of very long setae. On the dorsal surface there 
is a double, median, longitudinal row, and another 
submarginal row on each side, of small tubercles. 
The stigmal areas are caracterized hy one stout 
spine each. ‘he antennae lave the usual form and 
are furnished with hairs. 
Hab. Bosque de Saúde, São Paulo, on an in- 
digenous shrub, where it was collected by Mr. Ju- 
lins Melzer, to whom this species is dedicated The 
type is incorporated in the collections of the Museu 
Paulista with the number 19938. 
I place this species provisionally in this genus, 
pending the reception of new and perfect material 
for further study. 
Megalecaniwm n. g. 
As Mesolecanium, but much larger, up to 13 
mm. long, body hemispherical in form, and brightly 
colored. The eggs are placed in a mass of white, 
woolly secretion, below the individual. Type Me- 
galecanium testudinis n. sp. 
