442 Records of the Indian Museum. [Vol. XVI, 



Adult female subcirciilar or broadly oval. Rostral apparatus 

 very large and conspicuous P5'gidium (fig. 14&) rounded, the 

 margin serratulate at the extremity. A denser chitinous area 

 surrounds the anal orifice and extends to the genital region. 



On Ficus retusa. Kollegal, Coimbatore {Ramakrishna, No. 22). 



Gy^mnaspis ramakrishnae, n. sp. 

 (PI. XXIX, fig. isa-i). 



Female puparium consisting of the enlarged nyniphal pellicle 

 alone, the larval pellicle almost invariably becoming detached 

 during the later growth of the nymph. The nymphal pellicle 

 (fig. 15c, d) is broadly oval in outline, with a sharply defined 

 pygidial area, in front of which the disc of the dorsum rises ab- 

 ruptl}^ into a rounded dome-like protuberance. A lateral view 

 (see fig. 15^) is suggestive of the shape of one of the shrapnel 

 helmets used by our troops during the recent war. Length ap- 

 proximately o"5 mm. 



The early nymph (fig. 156') is of the same contour, but shows 

 no sign of the dorsal elevation. The pygidial area is strongly 

 demarked, and recessed into the abdominal segments. The pygi- 

 dial fringe (fig. 15/) is like that of a typical Parlaioria, with six 

 small but prominent lobes and broad fimbriate squames. 



Alult female (fig. 152) subspharical ; the pygidial area 

 slightly projecting, weakly chitinized and with its inner boundarj'- 

 ill defined. Rostral apparatus large and conspicuous. P3^gidium 

 (fig. 15/j) with two ver}' small tricuspid lobes which are recessed 

 into the margin. Between the lobes is a single prominent median 

 process, and there are two similar processes (? modified squames) 

 immediately exterior to each lobe. Anal orifice comparatively 

 large, approximateh^ central. Length 0*25 to 0*3 mm. 



On undersurface of leaves of /^ewgy/ost?, disposed— princi- 

 pally— along the prominent veins. Courtallum, Tinnevelli {Rama- 

 krishna-. No. 140). 



Parlatoria artocarpi, n. sp. 



(PI. XXIX, fig. 16). 



Puparium of female castaneous, with a blackish medio-longi- 

 tudinal vitta ; broadly ovate ; consisting of the nymphal exuviae 

 alone, without any secretionary appendix. Nymphal pellicle un- 

 usually large. Length o-8 to 0'9 mm. 



Male puparium narrower and slightl}^ longer ; larval pellicle 

 dull greenish-olivaceous ; appendix white. Length i mm. 



Adult female entirely concealed beneath the large nymphal 

 pellicle. Of normal form ; broader across the metathoracic area. 

 Pygidium (fig. 16) with six prominent tricuspid lobes. A large and 

 densely chitinous lunate marginal pore in each inter-lobular space, 

 and smaller lunate pores at intervals along the margin beyond the 

 lobes. The paired squames that occupy the inter-lobular spaces 



