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allied to Filippia (or Philipfia) of Targioni 

 Tozzetti, a European genas, which, however, 

 has well-formed legs and antennae. 



Psendophili-pfia giiainlaiicii, n. sp. — $ 

 Light yellow, bright yellow when boiled in 

 caustic soda, drying brownish ; oval or broad 

 pyriform, about 2 mm. long, secreting a 

 mass of snow-white cottony material, about 

 4 by 34 mm., which completely covers and 

 hides it. 



Skin not chitinous; very thickly crowded 

 on the dorsal surface with round glands. 

 Antennae rudimentary, stout, little more 

 than twice as long as broad, segments indis- 

 tinct, sometimes there seem to be but two, 

 of which the first is the longer; sometimes 

 four, the first very short, the second longer, 

 the third shorter than the second, the fourth 

 about as long as the second, and beset with 

 numerous bristles. The legs are small conical 

 stout claw-like protuberances. Anal plates 

 pale yellowish-brown, short and broad, with 

 rounded ends; there is a finger-shaped chi- 

 tinous process on each side of the'anal ring, 

 pointing candad . Anal ring with few bristles 

 these stout. 



A half-grown individual shows a few short 

 simple marginal spines. In this the legs 

 and antennae are rudimentary, practically as 

 in the adult. 



At bases of leaves of pine (Pinus), April 

 lo, 1S97. (Quaintance No. 2.) 



(2.) Lecanium parvicornc, n. sp. — 5 

 scale about 5 mm. long, 4 broad and 3 high, 

 of the ordinary Lecanium form, rather shiny ; 

 witli irregular longitudinal series of conspic- 

 uous pits, one row on each side subdorsally, 

 and two irregular and subconfluent rows lat- 

 erally. Color of scale ochreous often with 

 a pinkish tinge, with irregular black spots 

 accompanying the rows of pits. Sometimes 

 there are suffused blackish longitudinal bands 

 in place of the spots. Under surface of ? 

 dull pink. 



The ? , boiled in caustic soda, turns the 



liquid crimson. The eggs inside her turn 

 bright crimson, strongly contiasting with 

 her yellowish-brown skin. Mouth-parts very 

 small for the size of the insect. Antennae 

 short and broad, rudimentary, about ik times 

 as long as broad, tipped with bristles, joints 

 obscure. Legs equally rudimentary. Skin 

 not tessellate, but with scattered gland-spots. 

 The skin is very little chitinised, except in 

 the anal region. $ scales ordinary, granular, 

 more or less overlapping. 



Newly hatched larva oval, pale pinklih, 

 with two very faint suffused longitudinal 

 dorsal bands of darker color. 



On twigs of pine (Pinus), April 10, 1897. 

 (Quaintance No. 3.). A very distinct spe- 

 cies, with austral affinities. 



(3.) Lecanium /essella/um Sign., var. pey- 

 foratum (Newst.). On \ea.ve.io{ Eiiffenici in 

 greenhouse, (Qj^iaintance, No. 5.1. I will 

 take this opportunity to refer again to the 

 Jamaican species found on lignum-vits, 

 which has been considered to be tessellatum. 

 It is larger, and differs in some other par- 

 ticulars, for which see Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. XX. 

 (1S93) p. 51. Since tliis Jamaican insect ap- 

 pears to be at least a distinct variety, I will 

 call it var. S-Maiiisoiiae, after the lady — an 

 excellent entomologist — who first collected 

 it. 



(4.) Asterolecanium pustiilans (Ckll.). On 

 fig, April 5, 1897. (Qiiaintance, No. i.~> 



(5.) Aspidiotiis perseae, Q.om.%t. On Mag- 

 nolia, April I, 1S97. (Qiiaintance, No. 4.) 

 The ? after laying eggs becomes reniform. 

 On boiling the females, the contained em- 

 bryos appear colorless, with large globules 

 of the brightest orange imaginable. The 

 $ becomes light yellow, the mouth-parts 

 brownish; and the pygidium, and especially 

 the lateral margins of the hindmost half of 

 the body, remain deep reddish-brown, being 

 chitinous. The dark chitinous margin is 

 noticeable in the unboiled females. Newly 

 hatched larva light orange. 



