— 306 = 
do Museu Paulista, tendo elle o n. 17.348 nas 
collecçües daquelle estabelecitnento. 
Diaspis minensis n. sp. The scale of the adult 
female is circular to sub-circular in outline, but 
little convex, and white in color, being from 1.6 
to 1.8 mm. in diameter. The pellicles are exposed 
and nearly marginal, and are ligth brown in color. 
The body of the adult female is widely oval 
in outline, light brown in color, with the derm 
hard. The pygidium is small, and has four pairs 
of lobes, of which the middle ones are large, wide 
and simple, with the posterior margin slightly in- 
dented, the second and third pairsare hilobed, and 
the fourth pair is simple. The margin of the py- 
gidium and of the immediate body segments is 
finely crenulated and furnished with about 20 plates 
on each side. There are 5 groups of circumgenital 
glands; of which the median group varies from 12 
to 14, the antericr-iaterals from 20 to 27, and the 
posterior-laterals from 1% to 16. 
Hab. Christina, State of Minas Geraes. On an 
unidentified plant. Sent by the Director of the Mu- 
seu Paulista, being designated as N. 17.348 in the 
collections of that establishment 
Aspidiotus jaboticabae n sp. O escudo da fe- 
mea adulta é de fórnia circular a sub-circular, duro 
e opaco e variavel, sendo uns mais convexos do que 
os outros, com a côr pardo-escura de chocolate até 
preta. O interior do escudo está forrado com uma 
secreção branca. Frequentemente a superficie do es- 
cudo está coberta de pequenos pedaços de casca. Às 
pelliculas são cobertas e indicadas por uma pequena 
eminencia perto da margem. A placa ventral é del- 
gada, firme e adherente ao escudo dorsal O dia- 
metro do escudo varia de 3 a 3,250 mm. 
A femea adulta tem a fórma largamente oval, 
com a derme fina e transparente, tendo o corpo de 
2 a 2,150 mm. de comprimento O pygidinm é pe- 
queno, com 4 pares de Jóbulos, sendo a margem cre- 
ralada e chitinizada. Os lóbulos do primeiro par es- 
