68 INSECTS NOXIOUS TO AGEICULTUKE. 



conical spines set closely together. Antennae of six somewhat 

 confused joints. Feet normal. 



Adult male unknown. 



Habitat On Elceocarpus dentatus (hinau), Wellington. 



The large size, black colour, and very conspicuous fringe of 

 the adult female test, and the white loose test of the second 

 stage, distinguish this species, especially from Ct. fuscm. 



33. CTENOCHITON ELONGATUS, Maskell. 



N.Z. Trans., Vol. XI., 1878, p. 212. 



(Plate VII., Fig. 4.) 



Test of adult female elongated, narrow, convex. Length 

 sometimes reaching Jin., width about T \jin. Fringe not always 

 conspicuous; the segments quadrate outwardly. Test divided 

 into quadrangular divisions. Colour whitish, but often blackened 

 by fungoid growths. 



Test of male unknown. 



Adult female filling the test, shrivelling at gestation. Edge 

 of the body wavy. Stigmatic spines long and conspicuous. 

 Anteiince seven-jointed. Feet normal ; lower digitules absent (?) . 



Adult male unknown. 



Habitat On Geniostoma ligustri folium, Auckland ; on Den- 

 drobium sp., Hawke's Bay ; on Earlna sp., Wellington. 



Easily recognized by the great length and narrowness of the 

 female test. 



34. CTENOCHITON FLAVUS, Maskell. 



N.Z. Trans., Vol. XVI., 1883, p. 130; Vol. XVII., 1884, 



p. 26. 



(Plate VII., Fig. 5.) 



Female test golden, waxy, flat beneath, convex above ; out- 

 line circular or slightly elliptical, with a fringe of broadly tri- 

 angular segments round the edge. Apex of the test an irregular 

 elongated mass of wax, the remainder divided into two concentric 

 series of plates, the inner series pentagonal with sharp angles, 

 the outer pentagonal with rounded angles and with the outer 

 side forming the base of the segments of the fringe. The inner 

 series forms often irregular lumps of wax. Diameter of test 

 sometimes reaching ^in. The colour is often hidden by black 

 fungoid growths. 



