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Australia. 
A. (subg.?) acacie Morg.—© scale circular, convex; exuvie central, orange-yellow; 
diam. of scale about 1 mm. Q with one pair of lobes, no groups of ventral 
glands. On Acacia pycnantha. Tasmania. (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1889, p. 353.) Mas- 
kell reports it on Hucalyptus from New South Wales. 
var. propinquus Mask.—Exuviw deeper red. 2 scale elliptical, white. ¢ dark 
red. On Acacia and Hakea saligna, New South Wales. (N. Z. Trans., xxv, 
205.) 
A. (subg. ?) bossiee Mask.— 9 scale circular, convex, dirty white to yellow, sometimes 
dark brown, soft and woolly looking; exuvize central, very small and incon- 
spicuons, yellow. 92 dark brown, with two rounded lobes, and a second pair 
rudimentary; no groups of ventral glands. On Bossiea procumbens. (N. Z. 
AEN, Sexes 115) 
A. (subg. ?) casuarine Mask.— 9 scale dark yellowish-brown, circular, rather convex; 
exuvie yellow. 2 yellow, 6 lobes, no groups of ventral glands. ¢ scale 
elongated. On Casuarina equisetifolia. (N.Z.Trans., xxvi, 66.) 
A. (subg.?) ceratus Mask.—9 scale snow 
yin. white, circular, convex, usually oc- 
rest \ curring massed; exuvie central, 
| | \ | faintly yellow, with a white cover- 
a | | ing. 9? orange, two lobes only, witha 
fh jh pair of club-shaped processes arising 
from their inner bases; no groups of 
ventral glands; a peculiar widely 
Div. €xk, 7504. bifid plate on the margin some dis- 
ms soe tance from each lobe. On Acacia 
xu slenophylla. (N. Z. Trans., xxvii, 39.) 
Fia. 15.— Aspidiotus rossi (original). A. (Chrysomphalus) cladii Mask.—9Q scale 
rich dark brown, the margin orange- 
red, and the central exuvie dark yellow. ¢ scale elongated. 9 with no groups 
of ventral glands. On Cladium. (N. Z. Trans., xxiii, 3.) On aloe in Natal, as 
well as various localities in Australia, where it occurs on Xerotee and Lepide- 
sperma as well as Cladium. 
A. (subg.?) eucalypti Mask.— 9 scale circular, slightly convex, dirty white; exuvie 
central, very inconspicuous. 92 with large median lobes; no groups of ventral 
glands, but rows of pores along the margins of the hindmost seginents; a deep 
constriction behind the cephalothorax, after the manner of articulatus. 3 scale 
narrow, elongated; exuviwe terminal, as in Diaspis. On Hucalyptus. (Tr. Roy. 
Soe. 8S. Australia for 1888.) 
var. comatus Mask.—Distinguished by the nonincised lobes and the longer hairs 
in couples. Found on Lucalyptus viminalis. (N.Z.'Trans., xxviii, 385.) 
A. (Chentraspis.) extensus Mask.— 9 scale dirty yellow or brown, convex, first skin 
black. 9 dark brown, with a single pair of contiguous lobes, after the 
manner of Chionaspis minor; no groups of ventral glands. g dark brown. 
On Eucalyptus capitellata. (N. Z. Trans., xxvii, 41.) 
A. (Aspidiotus s. str.) fimbriatus Mask.— 9 scale circular, flat, very thin, first skin 
uncovered. Q yellow, three pairs of lobes, scale-like plates; four groups of 
ventral glands, cephalolaterals and caudolaterals each ot about 10 to 14. On 
Eugenia smithiit. (N. Z. Trans., xxv, 208.) Described as a doubtful Diaspis, 
on account of the elongated form of the ?. 
A. (Chrysomphalus) fodiens Mask.—Q scale circular, slightly convex, grayish or 
reddish-brown; exuvie central, bright orange, forming a slight boss, often 
covered with a thin grayish coating. @ orange, 6 lobes, scale-like serrated 
plates; 4 groups of ventral glands, not over 5 orifices ina group. Very near 
to cladii, but smaller. On Acacia. (N. Z. Trans., xxiv.) 
