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Figure 42. Chionaspis ctuercus 



Male. — (Fig. 43 A) — Length of body, 1.5 mm.; width, 0.34 mm.; wing 

 expansion, 2.74 mm. Prevailing color, almost black with yellow membrane. 

 The entire body is covered with a white waxy secretion. Antennae (Fig. 43 F) 

 are 10-articled, very dark, and covered with long hair. The lengths of the 

 respective articles are as follows : I 0.4 mm., II 0.4 mm.. Ill 0.2 mm., IV 0.17 

 mm., V 0.2 mm., VI 0.17 mm., VII 0.13 mm., VIII 0.13 mm., IX 0.1 mm., 

 X 0.08 mm. The abdomen is distinctly segmented with a long style on either 

 side of which is a white wax appendage as long as the body. The legs are 

 long, slender, and hairy. The claw (Fig. 43 D) has the characteristic tooth 

 common to the genera Phenacoccus and Ceroputo. Wings, hyaline ; elngth 

 1.2 mm., width 0.47 mm. A detailed drawing (Fig. 43 B) shows the poiser, 

 hooks, and pockets of the wings. 



The male pupates in a white cottony sac which is very numerous among 

 the females. The adult is quite active. 



