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Fetnale, second stage. Exceedingly thin and paper-like. Colour dusky white or 

 pale greyish-buff. Form generally ovate. Antennae of six segments, 3rd and 6th 

 much the longest. Legs robust. Marginal spines as in adult. 



Male, second stage. Ovate. Antennae relatively longer than those of the pre- 

 ceding stage, of six segments ; 3rd much the longest, and decidedly longer than the 

 6th. Marginal spines and anal lobes similar to those of the female. Second and 

 third pairs of legs (fig. 7, e) more than twice the length of the first fair (fig. 7,/). 



Larva. Marginal hairs stout and curved, the tips almost reaching the bases of 

 the succeeding hairs ; 2nd and 3rd pairs of legs (fig. 7, g) with an exceedingly long 

 hair towards the tip of the femora, being slightly longer than the tibio-tarsal seg- 

 ments together. 



British Guiana : Botanic Gardens, Georgetown, on leaves of Malacca Apple, 

 28.vii.15 {R. Ward). 



A very large percentage of the Coccids were infested by a fungus. 



Lecanium aequale, sp. nov. 



Female, adult. Dull olivaceous brown, brownish-black, or piceous ; surface 

 shining, as if coated Avith partly absorbed varnish. Form ovate, slightly elongate- 

 ovate, or subpyriform. Dorsum with a median interrupted keel and somewhat 



Fig. 8. Lecanium aequale, Newst., sp. n., $ ; a, antennae ; h, leg i. ; 

 c, leg ii. ; d, anal lobes ; e, pores. 



irregular, faint, transverse ridges. Antenna (fig. 8, a) of six segments, the 3rd often 

 with an imperfect central division, as long as or slightly longer than the three suc- 

 ceeding ones. First pair of legs (fig. 8, b) with the tibio-tarsal articulation 



