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Group III. HEMICOCCIDIN^. 



N.Z. Trans., Vol. XVI., 1883, p. 128. 



Larvae presenting at the extremity of the abdomen two 

 conspicuous protuberances, or " anal tubercles," as in the follow- 

 ing group, Coccidince ; abdominal cleft and lobes absent. 



Adult females exhibiting the abdominal cleft and lobes of 

 Lecanidince. Insects naked or covered with secretion. 



The formation of this group has been necessary to include 

 certain insects, e.g., Kermes, which are evidently intermediate 

 between the Lecanidina and the Coccidince, exhibiting at various 

 stages the characters of each. 



SUBDIVISIONS AND GENERA. 



SUBDIVISION I. 



Adult females naked or covered with 

 horny secretion, without fringe KEEMITID^E. 



Adult females globular KERMES. 



SUBDIVISION II. 



Adult females covered with a test of 

 glassy or waxy secretion CEYPTOKEEMITID^. 



Test hard, waxy, with single fringe POLLINIA. 



Test hard, waxy, with double fringe ASTEROLECANIUM. 



None of the insects belonging to this group have as yet been 

 reported as occurring in New Zealand. 



As regards the name " Kermes " included in the foregoing 

 list, see N.Z. Trans., Vol. XVII., 1884, p. 17. 



