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REMARKS ON COCCIDAE FROM NORTHERN AUSTRALIA— II. 



By E. E. Green, F.E.S., F.Z.S. 



Further collections from Mr. G. F. Hill, gathered in the neighbourhood of Port 

 Darwin, have produced several interesting new species which are described below. 



Aspidiotus destructor, Sign. 



On foliage of Pandanus odoratissimus, Darwin, N. T. (Hill, no. 636). These 

 puparia have a rather more brownish tint than is usual in the species. 



Aspidiotus fodiens, Mask. 



On Melaleuca lencadendron, Koolpinyah, N.T. (Hill, 17, 18), and on Pithecolobium 

 moniliferum, Stapleton, N.T. (Hill, 637). In the older examples from 

 Melaleuca the pygidial lobes are worn and are not of such a regular outline as in the 

 fresher material from Pithecolobium, but the two forms agree in all essential characters. 



Aspidiotus orientalis, Newst. 



On Ficus orbicularis (Hill, 23), and on " Milkwood Tree " (Hill, 24), Darwin, N.T. 

 Also " on undetermined introduced tree " (Hill, 639). 



Aspidiotus unilobis, Mask. 



On Melaleuca leucadendron, Koolpinyah, N.T. (Hill, 18, 19). And on the same 

 plant at Stapleton, N.T. (Hill, 638). 



Aspidiotus (Aonidiella) miniatae, sp. nov. 



Puparium of female small, circular, moderately convex ; dull ochreous white ; 

 pellicles proportionately large, reddish or reddish-brown. Diameter 0-75 to 1 mm. 



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Fig. 1. Aspidiotus miniatae, sp. n. ; pygidium of adult $, 



X 280. 



Adult female broadly oval. Pygidium (fig. 1) without circumgenital pores. 

 Median lobes small but moderately prominent, constricted at base, hatchet-shaped, 

 the outer margin evenly rounded. Lateral lobes (three on each side) represented 



