Mr. A. Hempel on Brazilian (Joccidse. 391 



pores, placed more or less in transverse rows. Eyes 2, small, 

 conical, dark brown, nearly black. Antenna? and legs also 

 dark brown. Tibia of second and third pair of legs "20 millim. 

 long, tarsus and claw a little shorter ; claw long, slender, 

 slightly curved, and notched at the end. Digitules of claw 

 slender, buttoned, a trifle longer than claw. No tarsal 

 digitules. Length *73 millim. 



Female (third stage). — Body ovate ; secretion or wax 

 usually light yellow, arranged in two lateral rows each with 

 about 10 tufts, two sublateral rows of 8 tufts each, one ter- 

 minal tuft at each end, and one median longitudinal row of 

 5 tufts. Antennse 9-jointed, joint 9 the longest. Legs 

 shorter than in the larvse. Rostral loop reaching to the in- 

 sertion of the third pair of legs. Mentum with about a dozen 

 short hairs. Both surfaces of the body are covered with 

 hairs, those on the dorsum fewer and longer. The dorsal 

 surface also contains a large quantity of round secretory pores, 

 each situated above a group of five or six cells. These pores 

 have the same construction as those in the adult, and are 

 most abundant on the head and the margins of the body. 



Hah. Sent from Iguape by Mr. E. Young, where it occurs 

 in such numbers on Codiamm sp. ? as to kill the plant. Also 

 found in Ypirauga and Sao Paulo on Ficus sp., rose, and 

 other cultivated plants. 



It has killed a number of shade- trees in Sao Paulo, and is 

 apt to cause considerable damage to the parks. The indi- 

 viduals usually cluster on the undersides of the twigs and 

 branches in great numbers. Also occurs in large numbers on 

 Liriodendron tulipifera, L., Laurus camphora, L., and on a 

 species of palm. Many Hymenopterous parasites have been 

 bred from this species ; but the parasites do little harm to the 

 insect, as the eggs are not affected, and hatch, although the 

 adult is full of parasites. A species of Coccinellid larva has 

 also been observed feeding on the growing insects. 



leery a Sc/wottkyi, Hempel. 



Adult female, massed together and all covered with a dense 

 white secretion, so that it is hard to distinguish individual 

 characters. Each insect, however, is covered with a dense 

 mass of long white filaments of secretion, which seem to 

 proceed from glands placed in two concentric rings on the 

 dorsum ; all the filaments pointing backwards, and some 

 attaining a length of 30 millim. On the abdomen there are 

 two small patches of white secretion. The ovisac is secreted 

 under the abdomen, and consists of a dense mass of white 



