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



glands in five groups; the median group with from 8 to 11 pores, 

 upper laterals with an average of 20, lower laterals averaging 14. 

 Dorsal pores minute, circular. Length averaging i'i5 mm. 



On 'Nim tree' {Melia azedarach). Coimbatore {Ramakrishna , 

 No 149). 



Lepidosaphcs retrusus, n. sp. 



(PI. XXXI, fig, 21). 



Puparium of adult female dull ochreous brown to reddish 

 brown; occasionally with an incomplete superficial la3^er of whit- 

 ish secretion ; usually overlaid with hairs and extraneous matter 

 from the leaf upon which it rests. Rather strongly but irregular- 

 ly convex; often distorted; usually broadest across the middle, 

 but sometimes wider behind. Length i'25 to i"5 mm. 



Male puparium brighter ochreous brown; moderately con- 

 vex ; narrow. Length i mm. 



Adult female broadly ovate, Pygidium obtuse ; median area 

 more densely chitinous. Median lobes large and prominent, the 

 free edges strongly but irregularl}^ dentate — with from 6 to 8 den- 

 ticles. First lateral lobes usually duplex, the inner lobule largest 

 and obscurely bi-dentate, the two lobules occasionally coalescing 

 to form a single tri-dentate process. Second lateral lobes smaller, 

 obscurely tri-dentate, ,^-Squames spiniform, stout, a paif in each 

 of the spaces between the median and the lateral lobes, and a 

 third pair shortly beyond the outermost lobe. Anal orifice oblate, 

 close to the base of the pygidium. Circumgenital glands in five 

 groups, the median group with from 6 to 12 pores, the upper 

 laterals with from 8 to 18, and the lower laterals with 11 to 18. 

 Oval dorsal pores of two sizes ; three very large pores on each side 

 near the margin, and numerous smaller pores, in irregular scattered 

 series. Length 0*5 to 075 mm. 



On the undersurface of leaves of Litsea whiteana, arranged 

 along the mid-rib and principal veins. Dodabetta, 8,000 ft., 

 Nilgiris {Ramakrishna , No. y^). 



Lepidosaphcs auriculatus, Green. 

 On Codiaeum. Calcutta {H. M. Lefroy). 



Lepidosaphcs pallidus, Green, 



On Psidium. Ramchandrapur, Godaveri District {Ramakrishna , 

 No. 105), 



Lepidosaphcs travancorictisis, Lindinger, 



On Aglaia minutiflora. Travancore {Lindinger). 



Ischnaspis spathulata, Lindinger. 

 On Vatica obscura. " W. Palukananda, Jumpalai " {Lindinger). 



