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the test marks the position of marginal plates." The features of 

 the female denuded of wax also agree with the exception of the 

 stigmatic spines : in all my preparations these are longer and have 

 pointed ends, not rounded ends. This refers only to those on the 

 extreme margin, the remainder being of the small conical type figured. 

 The antennae, with one exception, are all eight-jointed and agree 

 exactly with Green's figure. 



I have found Scutellista cyama Motsch (CHALCIDID^E) to be a 

 common parasite of C. africcmus Green. 



17. Ceroplastes floridensis Conist. (THE FLORIDA WAX SCALE). 



BIBLIOGRAPHY : C. rusci Ashm. (non Linn), Can. Ent. xii, p. 252 (1880). 

 Green, Cocc.. of Ceylon, Part iv, p. 277. 



Adult female highly convex, broadly ellipsoidal, with a dense 

 covering of opaque wax greatly thickened and recurved on the margins. 

 The waxy test is usually subdivided by shallow depressed lines which 

 are also continued over the thickened margin. In living examples 

 the dorsal area of the test has a pinkish tinge, the marginal area being 

 creamy white. The usual opaque white stigmatic bands are broad 

 and conspicuous and there is a series of eight depressed spots on the 

 margin, giving rise to small opaque white points. The apical pad 

 is occasionally eccentric. 



Length of mature test 2-75-3-75 millimetres. (Part of description 

 by Green loc. cit.). 



HOST PLANTS. 



Anacardiaceae Scliinus sp. 



Euphorbiaceee Phyllantfms sp. 



Moraceas Morus sp. 



Myrtaceao Psidium guajava (Guava). 



Rosaceae Eriobotrya japotiica (Loquat). 



Rutacesc *Citrus spp. 



PART OF PLANT ATTACKED. 



Leaves and petioles, rarely young stems 



REMARKS. 



Common in Lower Egypt, particularly at Alexandria and in 

 the coastal area. It is occasionally a pest in this country. 



18. Ceroplastes rusci Linn. (THE FIG WAX SCALE). 



BIBLIOGRAPHY : Newstead, Tr. Ent. Soc. Lond., p. 101 (1897). 



The test of the adult female is very highly convex, waxy white 

 in colour, becoming almost globular late in life. The test is divided 



