2671 THE LARVAE OF THE COCCI NELLI DAE— GAGE 35 



line drawn through the antacoriae. The epicranial arms diverge laterad 

 and ventrad and become obsolete slightly mesad of the antacoria. The 

 mouth is directed ventrad. The cephalic margin of the prothoracic shield 

 is provided with two small cream-colored spots, and the caudal margin 

 with a yellow boundary. The mesothorax and metathorax have a shield- 

 shaped cream-colored area on the dorso-meson; the cephalic portion of the 

 mesothoracic and metathoracic lateral aspects are also cream-colored. 

 There is a light colored area on the dorso-lateral portions of abdominal 

 segments one to eight. On the lateral portion of the first segment, and 

 on the tergum and lateral aspects of the fourth and fifth segments, the 

 cuticle is yellow. The ventral aspect of the entire larvae is tan colored. 

 The prothoracic shield is provided with many chalazae and numerous 

 setae, the terga of the mesothorax and metathorax are provided with a 

 large struma-like shield which bears six to eight chalazae. The lateral 

 aspect of the prothorax is glabrous. The mesothoracic spiracles are 

 situated in the mesocoria near the cephalic margin of the lateral aspect 

 and each spiracle is surrounded by three or four small, black setae. The 

 cephalic portion of the lateral aspect of the metathorax has three or four 

 setae, but the metathoracic spiracles are wanting. The caudal portions 

 of the mesothorax and metathorax are about twice as large as the cephalic 

 and provided with a struma-like plate which bears six to eight chalazae. 

 The sternum of all of the thoracic segments is provided with a small pair 

 of verrucae adjacent the meson near the cephalic margin of the segment. 

 Each tergum of segments one to eight is provided with a transverse row of 

 four strumae, two dorsal and two dorso-laterals. Each struma usually 

 bears three distinct chalazae. The lateral aspect of segments one to eight 

 is each provided with a large lateral struma with four to eight chalazae, 

 of segments two to eight with a small mound-like paralateral struma usually 

 with one large chalaza and many seta on each segment. Each sternum of 

 segments one to eight has a transverse row of four chalazae, each chalaza 

 surrounded by a few setae. The ventro-lateral group is wanting on the 

 first sternum. The tergum of the ninth segment is longer than wide, 

 shield-shaped, its cephalic margin slightly emarginated, darkly colored 

 and densely setaceous. The lateral aspect is much reduced and bears a 

 single large lateral chalaza, the paralaterals are wanting. The sternum 

 is shorter than the tergum, the caudal margin deeply emarginate with the 

 ventral and ventro-lateral chalazae distinct. The tenth segment is not 

 visible from the dorsal aspect, slightly setaceous, and appears to be cylin- 

 drical when viewed from the ventral aspect. The legs are long and slender, 

 about one and one-half times as long as their thoracic segment is wide. 



Anatis Mulsant 



This genus is represented in my material by a single species. 



Anatis 15 -punctata Oliv. — The body is elongate, widest at the meta- 



