338 Annals Entomological Society of America  [Vol. XIV, 
As all Lepidosaphine scales are usually thought of and 
described as having plates simple or rarely furcate it is inter- 
esting to find two species, Lepidosaphes camellia and Mytiella 
sexspina, with plates which are distinctly pectinate. The 
plates of the median incisura are pectinate on both the 
lateral and the mesal edge about midway between the proximal 
and the distal end. More or less variation is found in the 
number of the projections on each side and some variation in 
the length of the projections. Usually the greatest number of 
projections in sexspina are on the lateral edge while on the 
mesal edge frequently only one pectination is evident (Fig. 12c). 
The lamaceratube are long and slender. Those opening in the 
plates of the median and second incisure are approximately 
the same length, while those of the plates of the third incisure 
are slightly longer. The entire plate with its lamaceratuba 
is illustrated in Figure 12c. Only the proximal portions of the 
lamaceratuba are shown in Figure 12a and 12b. The pectinate 
projections of the mesal plates of each second (Fig. 12b) and 
third incisura (Fig. 12a) are always on the lateral margin of the 
plate. There are usually three or more distinct dentate pro- 
jections on the mesal plate of each of the third incisura. The 
plates of camelliz are of the same general type as in sexspina, 
-but the mesal edge of the plates of the median incisura usually 
has the greatest number of projections, while on the lateral edge 
frequently only one pectination is evident. (Fig. 4). 
The first preabdominal segment of dentata bears a number 
of small plates or bractez on each lateral aspect (Fig. 6). 
These bractez vary in shape and a paraceratuba opens at its 
distal end. These bractez with their paraceratube are greatly 
enlarged in Figure 9, which also shows a ceratuba which is 
usually found associated with the plates, but which opens 
flush with the surface of the cuticle instead of through a bractea. 
The lateral aspects of the preabdominal segment of sexspina 
bear a number of ceratubz varying in size. These are shown in 
Figure 11. Ceratubz of still smaller size are located on the 
ventral aspect of the cephalic portion of the head of Scobinaspis 
dentata (Fig. 7). The antenne, sete and the tooth-like pro- 
jections on the ventral aspect of the head are also shown in 
Figure 7. 
The scales described at this time were collected in Mississippi, 
from the central part. of the state to the gulf coast. Each 
