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wide. The joints of first pair of legs measure in fi : — femur 

 333 long; tibia 312; tarsus and claw 125. Digitules of 

 tarsus slender, with small buttons at tip, reaching to tip of 

 claw. Digitules of claw large, with widely expanded tip. 

 Eyes small, conical. Rostral loop very short. Anal ring 

 with 6 hairs. Anal tubercles" present, each ending in a long 

 seta, and bearing two short sharp spines and a number of small 

 hairs, and minute triangular glands. Grouped around the 

 anal orifice and arranged singly near the lateral margin of 

 the dorsal surface are some characteristic cylindrical glands, 

 each one 35 /a long and 9 /* wide. Three to five short hairs 

 are arranged around the external openings of these glands. 

 The dorsal surface also bears many minute triangular spin- 

 nerets, and in the cephalic region many hairs. The ventral 

 surface also has hairs and glands scattered over it. 



Hah. Sao Paulo. On the twigs of a species of Ficus 

 planted as shade-trees in some of the streets of the city. 



Dactylopius secrelus, Hempel. 



Female active; body ovate, transversely furrowed; very 

 light yellow ; the dorsum dusted with a fine white powdery 

 secretion. The lateral margin bears a fringe of small tufta 

 of white wax. A pair of these tufts, at the caudal extremity, 

 are longer than the others, and between them there is another 

 pair of fine hair-like tufts. The largest specimen was 225 

 millim. long and T25 millim. wide, but it was probably im- 

 mature. It inhabits globular or cylindrical galls. These 

 galls are formed by having part of the leaf thickened and 

 folded upon itself, with its long axis parallel to the long axis 

 of the leaf. The gall is on the underside of the leaf, with 

 the opening on the upperside, and reaches a length of 

 12 millim. 



Antennas short, thick, of eight joints; each joint with 

 several thick hairs ; joint 8 the longest. Length about 

 •42 millim. Approximate formula: 8 2 13 (5 7) (4 6). 

 Length of the segments of an antenna : (1) 57, (2) 62, (3) 43, 

 (4) 35, (5) 40, (6) 35, (7) 40, (8) 98. Legs short. Joints 

 of first pair of legs : femur 191, tibia 182, tarsus and claw 

 102. Digitules of tarsus fine, slender, with ends slightly 

 expanded, not extending beyond the tip of claw. Digitules 

 of claw thick, end enlarged, extending beyond the tip. 

 Rostral loop long, reaching about halfway between the 

 second and third pair of legs. Eyes very small, oval. Anal 

 ring with six large hairs. Anal tubercles not conspicuous, 

 each ending in a large seta, and bearing two small sharp 



