1919.] E. E. Green : Indian Coccidae. 437 



appears to be that in the former the larval pellicle is ultra- 

 marginal, while in the latter it is intra-marginal in position. 



Chionaspis spiculata, n. sp. 

 (PI. XXVII, fig. ya-d, ^e, /). 



Puparium of female (fig. ya) elongate and very slender ; 

 straight, parallel-sided, posterior extremity tapering abruptly to 

 a point, exuviae fulvous, secretionary appendix white, sides slop- 

 ing upwards to a median ridge which extends the whole length 

 of the puparium. Length 225 to 3 mm ; breadth approximately 

 0"25 mm. 



Male puparium not observed. 



Adult female (fig. yd) long and narrow, more than half the 

 length occupied by the thoracic area. Pygidium (fig. 85, /) with- 

 out the usual chitinous lobes ; but with a termmal series of long- 

 ish acuminate processes (7 or 8 on each side) of which the median 

 two are longer and stouter than the others. These processes are 

 possibly homologous with the tubular squames of other species, 

 but do not appear to be associated with any glandiilar ducts. 

 Circumgenital glands in five groups, the upper three forming a 

 more or less continuous arch : average number of pores, — median 

 2, upper laterals 4, lower laterals 7 to 8. Dorsal pores large and 

 conspicuous (see fig. 80, sausage-shaped, placed transversely. 

 Diagonal series of similar pores on each side of the abdominal 

 segments, Anterior spiracles with 3 or 4 parastigmatic pores. 

 Length i to 1*25 mm. 



Nymphal pellicle (fig. yh) narrow, acuminate behind : the 

 posterior extremity (fig. yc) with six prominent, slender, acumi- 

 nate processes. 



On foliage of Bamhusa sp. Peria Ghat, N. Malabar, 2000 ft. 

 {Ramakrishna, No. 126-part). 



This is a very distinct insect, quite unlike any other known 

 species. It is placed provisionally in the genus Chionaspis, pend- 

 ing the discovery of the male puparium. 



Chionaspis (Phenacaspis) varicosa, Green. 

 (PI. XXVIII, fig. 9). 



Green, " Cocc. Ceylon," II, p. 146, pi. L (1899!. 



On Loranthus, Dodabetta, Nilgiris {Ramakrishna, No, 74), 

 and on Piper sp. Coorg, Sidapur {Ramakrishna, No. 62). 



The Indian form (fig. 9) has the median lobes rather more 

 strongly divaricate than in typical examples from Ceylon, and 

 shows a single spiniform squame on the margin of the fourth 

 space, in place of the group of three or four that occur in the same 

 position in typical examples. The female puparium, also, is 

 longer and narrower than in the type, and does not exhibit the 

 conspicuous raised lines that characterize examples from Ceylon. 



