444 Mr, C Fuller on soiiie &pecics of 



students, until changed to Ainomarpha by Riibsaanien in 

 1894. The sectional name has therefore been cliosen as 

 some small tribute to tiie first worker, — the father of 

 Australian gall-study. 



In placing the genus here, as a sub-family between the 

 CocciriiB and Dadylopmic'e, I have been guided by the 

 analogy of the anal tubercles of the adult $s to those of 

 the ^s of Eriococcus, and the 6-haired anal ring (oidy 

 noticeable in the pre-adult stages, owing to the subsequent 

 chitinising of the surrounding region) to the Dacti/lojjiinse. 

 The larvae also are not far removed in their characters ; 

 the fringe of spines around the margin of the body are 

 analogous to those of some larvae of the genera Sphxrococcus 

 and Oylindrococcus, whilst the suppressed anal tubercles 

 connect with Dactylopius.* 



Unfortunately the genus is the type of the sub-family 

 BrachysceliniB, and, therefore, in removing it I propose to 

 let that sub-family remain with Ascelis as the type genus. 



Genus Apiomorpha, Rlibsaamen. 



Characters : — -Adult 9 s pear-shaped, the abdomen tapering, and 

 ending in 2 strongly chitinous tubercles. Mouth parts small, more 

 or less atrophied. Feet and antennse present in all stages, but more 

 or less atrophied in the adult. Anal ring with 6 hairs. Inhabiting 

 woody galls of characteristic shapes, whose growth, at the expense of 

 their host, they cause and direct. 



Larvae ovate, segmented ; abdomen ending in 2 suppressed tuber- 

 cles, each bearing a long seta. Margin of the body surrounded with 

 a fringe of uniform acuminate spines, each of which bears for a little 

 while after birth, on either side, thin, hyaline, wing-like appendages ; 

 each species apparently bearing the same number. 



(^ s undergoing their transformations in separate cylindrical galls. 



16. Apiomorpha karscJd, Rlibsaamen (1894) ; Brachyscelis 

 fletcheri, Fuller (1890). 



This species occurs over the greater part of Australia; I 

 have collected it in several parts of New South Wales, in 

 Victoria and Western Australia (Blackwood and Swan 

 Rivers), and have seen specimens collected in South 

 Australia. The species is referred to as var. Fletcheri, by 

 Mr. Froggatt {Ayr Gazette, N. S. W.) ; but I have found the 



* Since writing the above, I notice that Mr. Pergandu, who 

 examined specimens of the genus in connection with his study of 

 XijUkoccus hetnliP; considers it closely related to the Cocciiine. 



