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spines. Proximad of tlie dista! spur of each clasper tlien- 

 is either a lobed structure or other smaller spurs, 

 Type. — Alei/rodes qiiercus-aquciticae Qiiaintance. 



7v>// to species qf Genus Aleuroplatus 



I. Magiual coinb of thoracic fold distiuguish- 

 able, but the teeth little differeutiated fiom 



adjacent marginal teeth 2 



Marginal comb and thoracic fold scarcely 



distinguishable ocuHreiiifunnis 



II. Dorsurn arched, possessing distinct racbis. cockerelli 

 Dorsum flat, Avithout rachis, suture be- 

 tween thorax and abdomen not curved ceph-' 

 alad beyond the tliird thoracic segment... cococoliis 



Aleuroplatus (Aleuroplatus) cococolus Quaintance 

 and Baker (Lám. LXXTIl, A -C). 



Aleuroplatus [Aleuroplatus) cococolus Quaintance and 

 Baker, Proc. U. S. National Museum, Vol. 51, p. 385. 



While this species has been collected only iu the 

 South American countries, at Ceara, Brazil in 190tí,collec- 

 tions have been taken in the outlying island of Trinidad; 

 in C'uba, and iu Panamá. The pupa case is jet black, with 

 radiating wax ñlaments extending from it on the leaf to 

 half of its width. This wax pattern shows raost clearly 

 wheu the cases are scattered ou the leaf. When they are 

 so nuinerous as to thicldy iucrust the surface of the leaf 

 the wax is spread from one case to another in an amor- 

 phous mass. 



Ti/pe—C'dt. Xo. 19198, U. S. Xational Museum. 



Aleuroplatus (Aleuroplatus) oculii eniforniis Quaint- 

 ance and Baker (Lám. LXXIII, G -I). 



Aleuroplatus (Aleuroplatus) ocuHrenitormis Quaiut- 

 ance and Baker, Proc. U. S. National Museum, Yol 51, 

 P..391. 



Two lots of this species have been received from 

 F. Rocha, in Ceara, Brazil, one collected in January 1916 

 hi Passiflora sp. and the other collected in September 

 o906 on an unknowu plant. Two other species are very 



