8. Phenacoccus hirsutus Green. (THE HIBISCUS MEALY BUG). 



BIBLIOGRAPHY : Green, Memoirs. Dept. Agric. India, 1908, p. 25. 



Adult female reddish slightly elongated and ovate and sparsely 

 covered with white mealy wax, the colour of the body showing through 

 especially at the articulation of the abdominal segments. Marginal 

 appendages absent, but frequently a little cottony secretion at the 

 posterior extremity; this is hardly referable to appendages. Ovisac 

 white, surface of closely matted fibres parallel-sided and highly 

 convex. Eggs pinkish with a well marked zone of deeper pink at 

 one extremity. Young female active. 



Length of adult female 2-3-5 millimetres. Breadth 0-9-2 milli- 

 metres. Length of ovisac 4-5 millimetres. 



HOST PLANTS. 



The host plants of this mealy bug are so numerous that I give 

 only the genera of plants attacked. A complete list of the species 

 will be found in Bulletin No. 17 published by the Ministry of Agri- 

 culture (" Phenacoccus hirsutus Green. The Hibiscus Mealy Bug," 

 by W. J. Hall). 



Anacardiaceae Manyijera. Schinus. 



Anonaceae *Anona. 



Apocynaceae Carissa, Neriitm. 



Araliaceae Sciadophyllum. 



Bignoniaceae Bignonia, Jacarunda, Kigdiu, Teconta. 



Caricaceao Carica. 



Combretacese Termiwdia. 



Ebenacese *Diospyros. 



Elaeagnaceae Elaiagnus. 



Euphorbiaceae Acalypha, Croton, Poinsettia, Ricinus. 



Flacourtiacese Aberia. 



Leguminosae * Acacia, *Albizzia* Bauhinia, CcKsalpinia, 



*Cajanus, Cassia, *Ceratonia, Dallergia, 

 *En/thrina, Inga, *Parkinsonia, Phaseo- 

 lus, Poinciana, *Robinia, Sesbania, 

 Templetonia. 



Lythracese Lawsonin. 



Malvaceae Abutilon, Althtm, * Gofisypitim, * Hibiscus, 



Malvaviscw, Paritium, Pavonia. 



Meliacese Melia. 



Moracese Ficus, *Morus. 



Musacese Musa. 



Myrtacese Eugenia, Myrtus, *Psidium. 



Nyctagineae Bougainvillea. 



Oleaceee Jasminum^ 



Palmaceae Phoenix. 



Passifloracese Passiflora. 



