■if-iO Mr. C. Fuller o/c some species of 



Adult $ globose ; length 0"12 inch. Antenna; 7-jointed, joints 2, 3 

 and 4 subeqiial, 7 .smaller but larger than 5 and 6 which are sub- 

 equal. Mentuui long, conical, trimerous. Legs slender ; tarsus 

 longer than tibia ; upper digitules knobbed, lower fine hairs ; claws 

 sharp. Anal tubercles small, cylindrical, each with 2 spines at the 

 base and one on the lateral margin ; apex almost truncate bearing 

 a long seta. Anal ring 8-haired. Dorsum bearing very small 

 acuminate spines, the margin with a i'ringe of much larger .spines 

 arranged at regular intervals. 



Larva cinnamon-colour, segmented, ovate. 



(J puparium white, elliptical, convex ; length 0'06, width 0"03 

 inch. 



This species has only been found in the empty chambers 

 of the female gall of A2nomoo'pha malifvrmis and in the 

 galleries formed in its walls by boring beetles, and was 

 invariably associated with ants. 



8, Eriococous cypnexformis, sp. n. (Plate XV, fig. 5.) 



5 sac elongate-oval, very convex, smooth, shining ; sides pre- 

 hensile ; colour light brown ; length 0-15, width O'll inch. 



Adult 9 filling sac. Antennte 7-jointed, joint 1 globose, 2 shorter 

 and stout, 3 and 4 subequal and stout, 6 and 7 narrow and subequal. 

 Mentum short, cordate. Legs long. Anal tubercles large, very 

 chitinous, rough and tapering ; each is furnished with 2 spines, one 

 upon the outer margin at half the length, the other on the outer side 

 of the apex. Dorsum pitted with irregular oval and circular pores 

 and clothed with many spines. 



Second stage $ naked, green, distinctly segmented, almost flat. 

 Tubercles conspicuous and similar to adult. Antennae cylindrical, 

 6-jointed ; the second and third joints fused together ; sequence (2, 3) 

 (1, 6) (4, 5). On the margins of each of the last three segments of 

 the abdomen there are 3 small spines. 



Larva with tapering antenntc of 6 joints, aj)ical joint conical. 

 Abdomen ending in two long tubercles. 



On Casnarina sp. The sac of the adult 9 very much resembles 

 a small " snake-head " shell, particularly when at all old and bleached. 



9. Eriococcits dcgans, n. sp. (Plate XV, fig. 4.) 



Adult 9 segmented, convex, elongate and narrow ; stationary, and 

 covered above by a secretion of a number of white filaments which 

 are arranged in 3 distinct rows of well-defined, curling, pyramidal 

 tufts. Colour red-brown. Length 0"! inch. Antennae rather long, 

 6-jointed, apex haired, se(^uence 3, 2,4, 7 (5, 6) 1. Legs ample, tarsus 



