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Lecanium wardi, sp. nov. 



Female, adult. Irregularly ovate, somewhat pyriform or more or less deltoid ; 

 flat and thin or very low convex. Dorsum wrinkled ; sides coarsely punctate, and 

 with fine, widely separated, radial ridges. Derm with radial bands of pigment, 

 most pronounced in the abdommal region. Gland pores relatively large, ovate or 

 circular, and so arranged that they form collectively a large polygonal reticulated 

 pattern ; they are most conspicuous in the dorsum, but can also be traced, chiefly 

 between the pigment bands, almost to the margin. Marginal spines (fig. 7, a) placed 



Fi£. 7. Lecanium wardi, Newst., sp. n., ? ; a, marginal spines ; b, stigmatic spines ; 

 c, anal lobes ; d, antennae of second stage ? ; e, leg ui. ; /, leg i. ; g, leg m. of larva. 



closelv together, short, deeplv divided and frayed ; palmate forms also occur at 

 rare intervals. Stigmatic spines (fig. 7, b) three, the laterals small and conical, 

 as in certain species of Ceroplastes. Anal lobes (fig. 7, c) strongly attenuated along 

 the proximal edge. Anal rhig of six hairs. Anal cleft about one-third the length 

 of the bodv. Antemiae (fig. 7, d) of eight segments ; 2nd, 5th and 8th each with a 

 very long hair ; the formula varies slightly, but the 2nd, 3rd and 8th are much the 

 longest. Legs well developed. 



Length, 3-3-6 mm ; width, 2-2-8 ram ; length of anal cleft in large specimens, 

 1-3 mm. 



