76 Records of the Indian Museum. |Vou. VII, 1912.] 
liquid, permeated by numerous tracheae. Rostrum internal, the 
tentorium strongly chitinized. After boiling in caustic potash, 
the black derm becomes partially decolorized and separates into 
two layers. ‘The outer layer swells and becomes rugulose but still 
retains its pustular structure. The inner layer is minutely 
granular. 
Mr. Coleman informs me that he dissected fresh cysts of this 
form, and disclosed an insect with fossorial front limbs similar in 
every respect to those of Margarodes. Unfortunately these speci- 
mens were not preserved. 
Described from 2 nymphal cysts. Found in soil, associated 
with egg-cocoons of grasshoppers; Bellary District, Madras. 
The globular black cysts might easily be mistaken for the 
seeds of ‘‘ Indian Shot’’ (Canna indica). 
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