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Genus Antoniaa Sign. 



Adult female living at the base of leaves of bamboo, enclosed 

 in a white felted sac. Body purplish black. cr'aivii Ckll. 



Adult female living at the base of leaves of grasses. Body 

 dark blackish brown or purple. htdica Green. 



Genus Chaetococcus Mask. 



Adult female imbedded in a white waxy secretion. Body 

 dark brown, about 5 mm. long by 4 mm. broad. Living under 

 the sheaths of bamboo. bamhusae Mask. 



Genus Fhijllococcus Ehrhorn. 



Adult female viviparous, of a dirty lemon color, slightly 

 covered with white secretion. Living in cone-shaped galls. 

 Antennae with seven asymmetrically formed joints. Legs 

 short and stout, resembling crabs' claws. Anal region strongly 

 chitinous. Anal ring with six hairs. Infesting leaves of Urera 

 sandwicensis (Opuhe). (Cissococciis'?) oahuensis Ehrh. 



Genus Pseudococciis Westw. 



Adult female oviparous, dull browaiish yellow, marginal ap- 

 pendages short, of al)out equal length, those of caudal lobes 

 longer. Egg sac more or less spherical. Eggs amber yel- 

 low, cifri Risso. 



Adult female ovoviviparous, resembling P. citri. but more 

 convex and not as elongate. Marginal appendages not as 

 stout. Color reddish brown. Infesting pineapple, sugarcane, 

 banana, canna roots, nut-grass, and on roots of other plants. 



hromeUae Boisd. 



Adult female viviparous, color yellow, thickly covered with 

 white powdery secretion. Caudal appendages long and slen- 

 der, marginal tufts filiform. Infesting ferns, caladiums, or- 

 chids, etc. longispinus Targ. 

 Adult female viviparous, light brown. Caudal appendages 

 stouter than in longispinvs. Dorsum with two dark markings 

 running lengthwise with body. Infesting hibiscus, cotton, 

 poinsettia, beans, etc. virgatus Ckll. 



