MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, EGYPT. 



Bulletin No. 22. 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE COCCID/E OF EGYPT. 



Subfamily MONOPHLEBIN/E. 



1. Icerya aegyptiaca Douglas. (THE EGYPTIAN MEALY BUG.) 



BIBLIOGRAPHY : Dougl., Ent. Mon. Mag., xxvi, p. 79 (1890). 



The adult female is orange in colour, this colour being obscured 

 by the waxy secretions covering the body. From the margin of the 

 body projects a fringe of opaque, snow-white, stout, tapering processes 

 which tend to become curved towards their extremities. The cottony 

 ovisac has a smooth white felted surface faintly striated longitudinally : 

 it is found under the abdomen and extends beneath the posterior 

 processes almost to their extremities. 



Length of adult female 5-7 millimetres. Breadth 4-5 millimetres. 



Length of processes 3-5 millimetres. 



HOST PLANTS. 



Anacardiacese Schinus lerebenthifolius, Mangifera indica 



(Mango). 



Anonaceae Anona squamosa (Sweet sop). 



Euphorbiacese Acalypha spp. 



Leguminosae Painciana regia, *Parkinsonia aculeaia. 



Lythraceae Lawsonia alba. 



Malvaceae Hibiscus spp. 



Meliacese *Mdia azederach. 



Moracese *Ficus benghalensis (Banyan tree), *F. 



elastica, *F. infectoria, *F. nitida, F. 



platyphytta, F. sycomorus, Morus spp. 



Myrtacese *Psidium guMJava (Guava). 



Palmacese Phcenix dactylifera (Date-palm), Latania sp. 



Rhamnacese Zizyphus sp. 



Rosaceae Pyrus communis (Pear), Rosa sp. (Rose). 



Rutaceao Citrus spp. (Orange, Mandarine, etc.) 



Sapotacese Sapota acra. 



Verbenaceae Lantana_ sp. 



Vitacese Vitis Vinifera (Vine). 



* Most susceptible host plants are indicated by an asterisk. 



