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Length 1-5-2 millimetres. 



Male puparium approximately "the same size and shape as the 

 female puparium but opaque white in colour. Pellicle grey brown. 



HOST PLANTS. 



Oleaceae Olea sp. (Olive). 



PART OF PLANT ATTACKED. 

 The leaves. 



REMARKS. 



Fairly common and widely distributed throughout the country. 



53. Parlatoria blanchardii Targ. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY : CklL, The Entom., xxix, p. 52 (1896). 



Puparium of adult female elongate, ovate, very slightly convex, 

 dull white. First pellicle overlapping the margin and pale bottle 

 green ; second pellicle large, occupying about two-thirds of the 

 puparium, dark green bordered with pale yellow brown. This covering 

 of white semi-transparent secretionary matter is absent in some spe- 

 cimens. 



Adult female nearly colourless or palish yellow. 



Length of female puparium 1-5 millimetres. 



Male puparium small, elongate, parallel sided, white with a pale 

 yellow or greenish pellicle. 



Length 1 millimetre. 



HOST PLANTS. 



Palmacese Latania sp., Phce,nix Aaciylijem (Date Palm). 



PART OP PLANT ATTACKED. 

 The leaves. 



REMARKS. 



This species is very common on date palms throughout Egypt. 

 Prof. Cockerell in describing this species under the name of P. victrix 

 (loc. cit.) from material on leaves of date palm sent from Tucson, 

 Arizona, states that the palms in question were originally imported 

 from Cairo. 



