1919.] E. E. Green : Indian Coccidae. 445 



Parlatoria calianthina, Beri. and Leon. 

 (PL XXX, fig. 19). 



On Mangifera. Rajputana Provinces [T. Bainbrigge Fletcher) ; 

 and on Nerium and Michelia. Madras {Ramakrishna) . 



Typical examples of the species are distinguished from per- 

 gandei by the presence of a fifth (median) group of circumgenital 

 glands, containing from i to 3 pores; by the broader and more 

 densely chitinous pygidial lobes ; and by the smaller and less pecti- 

 nated marginal squames. I find, however, after examination of 

 much material, from various localities and host plants, that the 

 presence of the median group of pores is by no means constant 

 and — in some gatherings — is actualh^ exceptional. Eig. 19 shows 

 the pygidium of an example from Michelia champaca, in which the 

 median group is absent. 



Parlatoria pergandei, Comst. 

 On Garcinia cnwa. " Singbhum, India" {Lindinger). 



Parlatoria (Websteriella) atalantiae, Green. 

 On Milinsa indica. Courtallum [Lindinger). 



Lepidosaphes meliae, n. sp. 

 (PI. XXX, fig. 2oa-c). 



Puparium of female clear ochreous brown, but usually appear- 

 ing dark brown from the inclusion of fragments of the cortex of 

 the plant. Mytiliform ; straight or variously curved ; moderately 

 convex in transverse section. Larval pellicle reddish ochreous. 

 Nymphal pellicle concealed. Total length averaging 2 '5 mm. 



Nymphal pellicle with two series of irregular translucent 

 lacunae on each side of the cephalic area, the outermost series 

 sometimes partially double. Length averaging 075 mm. 



Male puparium dark brown ; posterior extremity whitish ; 

 larval pellicle reddish ochreous. Narrow ; margin somewhat sinu- 

 ■ ous. Length i'25 mm. 



Adult female broadest across base of abdomen. INIedian 

 area of abdomen somewhat heavil}^ but irregularly chitinized. 

 Lateral area of second segment of abdomen with a transverse patch 

 (fig. 20a) of stout conical spiniform spinnerets, each of which has 

 a short tubular extension at its apex (fig. 20^). Pygidium 

 (fig. 20c) considerably broader than long ; the median lobes broad 

 and prominent, adjacent, the apices towards the median line: 

 lateral lobes duplex, the inner lobe large, sloping away from the 

 inner edge, the outer lobule minute : long chitinous paraphyses 

 extend inwards from each lobe. Beyond the lobes, on each side, 

 are three marginal prominences, the inner two moderately cristate 

 and rather heavily chitinized, Squames spiniform. Circumgenital 



