193. 



NOTES ON COCCIDAE OCCURRINa IN THE SEYCHELLES ISLANDS,. 



WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



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



The new species, described below, have been received from Mr. R. Dupont^ 

 Superintendent of Botanic Stations in the Seychelles. 



Aspidiotus (Chrysomphalus) ansei, sp. nov. (fig. 1). 



Female puparium irregularly circular or broadly ovate ; flatfish or moderately- 

 convex. Very pale brownish ochreous, semitransparent ; pellicles darker, central. 

 Diameter averaging 1 "45 mm. 



Male puparium smaller and more distinctly ovate ; pellicle nearer one extremity. 

 Length 1 mm. 



Fig. 1. Aspidiotus ansei. Green, sp.n.; 

 pygidium of adult $, x 280. 



Adult female broadly rounded in front, narrowed and bluntlv pointed behind. 

 Margins of abdominal segments moderately produced. Pvgidium (fig. 1) with six 

 well developed prominent rounded lobes, the median pair indented on each side, 

 the two lateral lobes more conspicuously indented on the outer side. Squames- 

 long and deeply fimbriate : two in each of the median and first lateral spaces, three 

 in the second lateral space, and three beyond the outer lateral lobe, followed imme- 

 diately by a stout marginal prominence, beyond which the margin is slightly cristate- 

 tor a short distance. Spines few, small and inconspicuous. Paraphyses^ four on 

 each side, elongate, conspicuous. Anal orifice near the extremitv. Circumcrenital 

 glands in four groups : upper laterals with 3 to 4 pores, lower laterals with 2 to 3 

 Oval dorsal pores in two series on each side. Numerous long slender ducts communi- 

 cating v^^th the dorsal and marginal pores. Length, 1 mm. 



