Soirie Coccidae 



collected by Dr. F. Noack at Campinas, Brazil. 

 By T. D. A. COCKERELL. 



New Mexico Agricultural Experiment Station. 



The following Coccidae were collected by Dr. Noack 

 in April 1898, and kindly sent to me for study. 



(I.) Lccaniiini dcprcssum Targioni. On a cultivated 

 plant. Campinas. (Noack, n.° 6.) 



(2.) Asfcrolecaninm piistiilans Ckll. On twigs of peach. 

 Campinas. (Noack. n.° 3 in part.) 



(3.) Psciidoparlatoria iwacki Ckll. On Ncctandra. Cam- 

 pinas. (Noack, n.° 8.) 



(4.) Aspidiotus ficns Ashm. On leaf of orange. Cam- 

 pinas. (Noack, n.'^ 17 in part.) 



(5.) Aspidiotus Maskclli Ckll. On a malvaceous plant. 

 Campinas. On leaves oi Michclia flava, S. V3.\x\o. (Noack, 

 n.° 9 in part, and 2) This species was previously known 

 only from the Sandwich Is. 



(6.) Diaspis amygdali Tryon. On twigs of peach. 

 Campinas. (Noack, n.° 3 in part.) 



(7.) Myfilaspis cifricola Pack. On leaves of orange. 

 Campinas. (Noack, n.° 17 in part.) 



(8.) Myfilaspis argcntafus n. sp. — Female scale about 

 2 '/î mm. long, often curved, very narrow, linear in fact, but 

 covered and broadly margined with a film of semi-transparent 

 silvery secretion, which under the microscope, has a reti- 

 culated structure, resembling a skeletonised leaf. The 

 scale itself is dark brown; the exuviae are dull orange. 



Male scale white ; short and broader, with its filmy 

 margin broad enough to be calledjovalj'^or sometimes 



