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



lower laterals with from three to four pores. Anal orifice approxi- 

 mately central. Length 0*4 mm. 



Posterior extremity of nymphal pellicle (fig. lyg) with six 

 conical lobes, each placed on a sharp marginal prominence. There 

 are six large and conspicuous lunate marginal pores in the deeply 

 incised spaces between the lobes. Squames broad and deeply 

 fimbriate at their extremities. 



On Artocarpus integrifolia. Palghat {Ramakrishno- , No. 137). 



The insect has anomalous characters, — notably, the single me- 

 dian process on the pygidium of the adult female, — which might 

 justify the erection of a separate sub -genus for its reception. But, 

 until other allied species have been discovered, it may remain in 

 the present genus. It most nearly approaches Leonardi's sub-genus 

 Websteriella. 



Parlatoria vateriae, n. sp. 



(PI. XXX, fig. i^a-e). 



Female puparium irregularly ovate, flattish ; consisting of the 

 larval and nymphal exuviae, without any secretionary appendix. 

 Larval pellicle slightly projecting beyond the anterior margin of 

 the nymphal pellicle; subcircular ; very pale stramineous, the 

 centre slightly greenish. Nymphal pellicle (fig. i8a) stramineous 

 or pale fulvous, translucent, marginal area darker ; elongate ovate, 

 narrower behind. Posterior extremity (fig. 186) with rather small 

 and narrow tricuspid lobes ; lunate marginal pores strongly de- 

 veloped ; squames either entire or obscurely dentate, broad. There 

 is a sharply defined cleft between the median pair of squames, ex- 

 tending inwards as far as the anal orifice. Length of nymphal 

 pellicle 0*85 to o*g mm. Total length of puparium i mm. 



Adult female (fig, i8c) minute, entirely covered by the 

 nymphal pellicle. Thoracic area and pygidium rigid and indurated, 

 the former with a small translucent oval space on each side of the 

 rostrum ; abdominal segments soft and flexible. Anterior margin 

 broadly rounded ; body widest across the base of the abdomen ; 

 thence narrowed abruptly. Rudimentary antennae (fig. i8t) in 

 the form of a ring with a radiating series of stout but short setae. 

 Pygidial area sharply defined ; base rounded, the extremity, (fig. 

 id>d) rather pointed ; with six small obscurely tricuspid lobes ; two 

 small and inconspicuous lunate marginal pores on each side, 

 squames long and narrow, projecting far beyond the lobes, sharply 

 pointed, some of them obscurely dentate or fimbriate on their 

 lateral margins : circumgenital glands in four groups, the upper 

 laterals with 7 or 8 pores, lower laterals with 4 or 5. Length ap- 

 proximately o'5 mm. 



On Valeria indica. Quilon, Travancore {Ramakrishna, No. 146- 

 part). 



This insect, with its long sharply pointed squames and reduced 

 semilunar pores, is very distinct from any other known species of 

 Parlatoria ; but may — for the present — be included in Leonardi's 

 sub-genus Websteriella. 



