446 Mr. C. Fuller on some species of 



24. Ajnomorpha cvcurlnta,si>.u. (Plate XV, tigs. 13, 13rt.) 



In tlie catalogue of Coccidm given in the Journal of the 

 Bureau of Agriculture, W. A., I referred to tliis gall as a 

 variety of rcgularis, Tepper. I have since come to regard 

 it as distinct. The $ gall is smooth, pendulous, ellipsoidal, 

 and narrow at the base ; the apex is truncate, aud slightly 

 dilated, the orifice being in the centre of a counter-sunk 

 depression. When fresh the galls are green in colour, aud 

 usually striped with white, resembling a small gourd. 

 Length 1^ inch, greatest diameter 0'9 inch. 



Adult $ not observed. 



I am indebted for this species to Mr. R. Helms, Kimberley, 

 N. W. A. 



25. Apiomorijlia maliformis, sp. n. (Plate XV, fig. 14.) 



Adult $ pyriform, white or yellow, except the last 3 abdominal 

 segments, which are reddish-brown ; coated with a mealy, white 

 secretion ; length | to % inch ; greatest width 1% inch. Epidermis 

 with many minute lloriform pores, and clothed with short, hairy 

 spines. Facial furrow semi-circular. Median depression of meso- 

 thorax transverse and deep. Anal appendages stout, horny, rough, 

 and clothed with stout, yellow spines ; parallel, bending outwards 

 at the apex, which is surmounted by two short, truncate tubes. 

 Antennas atrophied, small, tapering, truncate, apparently 5-jointed. 

 Legs, anterior small and inconspicuous, posterior 4, prominent, but 

 small. Posterior margins of abdominal segments bearing a row of 

 thorn-like spines ; those on the last 4 being stronger than those 

 preceding. Mouth small. 



^ unobserved. 



9 gall sessible, sub-spherical, smooth ; length 1 to 1"3 inch, 

 diameter 1"3 to 1-5 inch. Apex flat, orifice small, usually with 4 

 short cracks radiating out from it. Colour blue or greenish-grey. $ 

 chamber balloon -shaped ; length | inch ; width | inch. Walls thick, 

 hard, and woody. 



^ gall small, green, cylindrical ; apex dilated ; length 1 

 inch. Growing upon the leaves. 



The ^ gall of this species is usually though not always 

 found growing upon tiie fruit of Eucalyptus patens (?), 

 which in point of fact, it somewhat resembles. This is 

 not the only instance in which I have seen the galls of 

 this genus upon the fruit, and their existence there quite 

 upsets the theory that the galls are modified fruits, etc. 

 It maybe of interest to add that, out of some hundred odd 



