21. Lichtensia ephedrse Newst. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY : Newstead, Ent. Mon. Mag., xxxvii, p. 83 (1901). 



Female ovisac pure white and very closely felted ; very elongate, 

 transversely and longitudinally convex or boat shaped. 



Length 8-10 millimetres. Breadth 3 millimetres. Greatest 

 height 2-50-3-50 millimetres (after Newstead Joe. cit.). 



HOST PLANTS. 



Gnetacea> Epfiedm ahe.. 



REMARKS. 



This species was described by Newstead (loc. cit.) from material 

 collected in Wadi Gerrawi, near Helwan, by Admiral BlomfieJd in 

 1900. I have only three specimens collected near Helwan by 

 Dr. Debski in 1918. 



22. Pulvinaria floccifera Westw. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY: Newstead, Mon. Brit. Cocc., Vol. ii, p. 71. 



Adult female somewhat heart-shaped, yellow to brown and mottled. 

 Ovisac white and very long, about eight times the length of the body 

 and with a surface like a banana from which the skin has been removed' 



Length 2-3 millimetres. Length of ovisac 5-10 millimetres' 

 Breadth 2 millimetres. 



HOST PLANTS. 



Myrtaceae *Psidium guajava (Guava). 



Rosaceae Rosa sp. (Rose)! 



Solanaceaa Solanum melongena (Egg-plant). 



PART OF PLANT ATTACKED. 



The leaves in the case of Guava but the young stems of Rose 

 and Egg-plant. 



REMARKS. 



Specimens have only been received from four localities, Tel el 

 Kebir, Faqus, Cairo, and Minya, but these are widely separated so 

 that it is probably distributed throughout the country though not 

 very common. 



