Baker & Moles. — the aleyrüdid.k of south america 623 



dal raarginof the operculura, spatiilate, with two pairs of 

 long setae near the tip. 



lype. Cat. 23075, ü. S. National Maseura. 



Sahgenus Lecaiioideus Quaiutance & ]3aker 



Aleurodicus (Lecaiioidéus) gigaiiteus Quaintance 

 aod Baker (Lám. LXXI, J-K). 



Aleurodicus [Lecanoideus) giganteus^ Quaintance and Ba- 

 ker, Dept. of Agriculture Tech. Ser. N.» 27, Pt. 1, p. 70. 



Three lots of this species have been seut to the Bui- 

 eau from South America. They have been collected on 

 Annona muricata Liun., at Georgetown, Britisli Guiaua 

 by G. E. Bodkin, February 1914; on au unknown plant 

 by A. Koeble, December 1882; and also on Annona che- 

 rimola Mili., at Manaos, Brazil, by Dr. Alfredo A. Da- 

 Matta in 1919. The adults are the largest of any species 

 of this geuüs thus far recorded, the female having a wiug 

 spread of 3.75 mm; and a body length of 2.75 ram. The 

 pupa cases are light yellow iu color, covered with a great 

 raass of flocculent wax. As in the other species of Aleu- 

 rodicus, they are placed in more or less of a row along 

 the ribs of the leaf and especially along the median one. 



Tjipe.—Qsii. X.f' 14767, ü. S. National Museura. 



Species of the genus Aleurodicus not sufficiently 

 known to iu dicate their correct subgenus: 



Aleurodicus anoiíae Morgan. 



Aleurodicus anonae Morgan, Ent. Mo. Mag. (2) Vol. 

 3, p. 32 (1892). 



The original descriptiou of this species was very 

 meager and so far the insect has not been rediscovered. 

 Its hosts were stated as Annona muricata Linu. and «i¿¿- 

 cliar día pacifica . and is was fouud iu Demerara, British 

 Guiana. 



Aleurodicus conspurcatus Enderlein, (Lám. 

 LXXI, A). 



Aleurodicus conspurcatus Enderlein Stett. Ent. Zeit. 

 1909, p. 282. 



