92 INSECTS NOXIOUS TO AGEICULTUEE. 



colour partly green, partly yellow. Round the edge a fringe of 

 long white glassy tubes in double row, one row over the other. 

 Average length, exclusive of fringe, about j^in. 



Test of male unknown. 



Adult female filling the test, shrivelling at gestation. An- 

 tennae absent, but represented by circular rings, each bearing 

 four hairs. Feet absent. Anal tubercles small, setiferous. 

 Anogenital ring inconspicuous, with six fine short hairs. Men turn 

 uni-articulate ; rostral setae short. Round the edge of the body 

 a row of figure-of-8 spinneret orifices ; on the dorsal surface many 

 circular spinnerets and a number of protruding tubes. 



Female of second stage elongated, flattish ; colour, reddish- 

 brown ; length, about -j^in. Antennae absent, represented by 

 rings, as in adult. Feet absent. Anal tubercles as in adult. 

 Spinnerets and fringes as in adult. 



Young insect elongated-oval, tapering towards anal extremity, 

 flat; anal tubercles clearly distinguishable, setiferous. Antennae 

 of five joints; the last joint clavate and bearing hairs. Feet 

 normal ; upper digitules fine hairs ; lower digit ulcs absent. 

 Colour reddish-brown; on the dorsal surface many scattered 

 figure-of-8 spinnerets, from which spring long, curling, white, 

 glassy tubes. Length of insect, about ij^jin. 



Adult male unknown. 



Habitat On Leucopogon Frasvri, Amberley and Sumner, 

 Canterbury; on Leptospermum scoparium (manuka) (sparingly), 

 Nelson. 



A very pretty little species, resembling in outward appearance 

 Asterolecanium quercicola, Signoret, but much smaller, and dis- 

 tinguishable by the presence of the anal tubercles. 



Genus : ERIOCOCCUS, Targioni-Tozzetti. 

 Signoret, loc. cit., 1874, p. 29. 

 Maskell, N.Z. Trans., Vol. XI., 18/9, p. 218. 

 Adult female enclosed in an elongated sac of white or yellow 

 felted cotton ; body elongated, segmented ; anal tubercles con- 

 spicuous ; feet and antennae present ; several rows of conical 

 spines on dorsal surface. Antennae of six joints. 



