74 Records of the Indian Museum. [Viors Vuk, 
SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE. 
Since the foregoing remarks on the genus Margarodes have 
been in the press, additional material has been received from Mr. 
L. C. Coleman, Entomologist to the Government of Mysore. 
This material consists of two very distinct species, both of 
which appear to differ widely from typical M. indicus and cannot 
be identified with any previously known species. One of them 
may possibly represent fresh examples of the form (d) received from 
Bombay. The other (represented by nymphal cysts only) is 
totally unlike any recorded species of the genus. 
Though the material to hand is not complete enough to permit 
of a full description, the characters are sufficiently distinct for a 
preliminary definition of the species. 
Margarodes papillosus, sp. nov. 
Nymphal cyst globular, smooth; the nacreous covering brittle, 
very thin, transparent and colourless, revealing the reddish yellow 
body of the enclosed nymph. Diameter 2 to 
25 mm. Cuticle of nymph closely crowded 
af Sunes . with minute translucent dermal cells (text-fig. 
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the contour of the ceils. Rostrum distinct, but 
doubtiully functional. A minute tubercle 
bearing a single stout seta, on each side of the 
rostrum, probably represents rudimentary 
antennae. ‘The four principal spiracles are 
Fic. 1.—M. papillo- situated on the venter of the thorax, far from 
sus. Fragment of derm 5 ’ ’ 
of nymph, x 450. the margin, and there is a supplementary - 
series of smaller spiracles situated submargin- 
ally on each side of the abdomen. 
One of the cysts contained a female imago, almost ready to 
emerge; but the limbs are not fully chitinized and are consequently 
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Fic. 2.—M. papillosus. Part of one of the median groups of papillae, adult 
female, x 450. 
unsuitable for accurate comparison with other species. Body 
broadly ovoid; strongly convex; lateral margins of abdominal 
segments slightly prominent. Antennae 7-jointed; broad at base, 
