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cave, forming a shelter for the young ; and this cavity is often 

 of a blood-red colour. On the under-side may be seen sometimes 

 four cottony trails starting from the region of the four stigmata. 



Young larva reddish- brown ; oval, flat ; antennae of six joints. 

 From the abdominal lobes spring two long setae. 



Male unknown. 



Habitat in New Zealand Everywhere, on ivy, holly, camellia, 

 orange, laurel, myrtle, box, and many other plants out of doors 

 or in greenhouses. In Europe, chiefly on ivy and oranges, but 

 frequently on other plants. In America on many plants. 



This is the commonest of the Lecanidse in this country ; it 

 may be distinguished from L. mori (below) by its flatness and 

 sparse punctuation. 



This insect belongs to Signoret's first series. 



46. LECANIUM HIBEKNACULORUM, Targioni-Tozzetti, Catal. (1868), 



37, 9. 



Chermes hibernaculorum, Boisduval, Ent. Hort., 1867, 337. 

 Maskell, N.Z. Trans., Vol. XL, 1878, p. 207. 

 Adult female nearly globular ; naked ; reddish - brown ; 

 diameter about -Jin. ; at gestation the body becomes simply an 

 inverted bag covering the eggs and young. The insect appears 

 to be partly oviparous, partly viviparous. Antennae of eight 

 joints. Feet normal. Skin pretty regularly marked with oval 

 perforations. 



Male unknow r n. 



Habitat in New Zealand On various greenhouse plants, 

 Chris tchurch. In Europe on Brexia, Phajus, &c. 



The insect belongs to Signoret's fourth series, and may 

 perhaps be only a large variety of L. hemisphtericum. 



47. LECANIUM MACULATUM, Signoret, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de 



France, 1873, p. 400. 

 Maskell, N.Z. Trans., Vol. XI, 1878, p. 207. 



Adult female naked; flat, elongated; dorsal skin marked 

 with a median row of rather large oval spots reaching from the 

 abdominal cleft to the region of the rostrum. Length, about 

 Y^in. Colour yellowish-brown. Antennae of seven joints. Feet 

 normal. 

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