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round the edge of the body,, often absent. Antennae of eight 

 joints, each bearing hairs. Feet normal ; lower digitules rather 

 broad. 



Sac of male pupa narrow, cylindrical,, white, cottony, open 

 at the posterior end. Length, about Jin. 



Adult male about ^in. long; brown, covered when newly 

 hatched with white meal. Body rather thick ; abdominal spike 

 short. Antennae of ten joints, hairy ; the last eight joints 

 equal to each other. Feet slender, hairy ; upper digitules long, 

 fine ; lower digitules short. 



Habitat On Panax, Rubus, Coprosma, Pittosporum, Piper 

 excelsum, &c. ; throughout the Islands : also frequently on fruit- 

 trees. 



A species more nearly resembling the ordinary " mealy 

 bug," D. adonidum, than any other in New Zealand ; but differ- 

 ing in colour, in the absence of long marginal appendages, and 

 in the form of the foot and antennae. 



63. DACTYLOPIUS PO.E, Maskell. 



N.Z. Trans., Vol. XI., 1878, p. 220. 

 (Plate XVIII., Fig. 1.) 



Adult female pink, covered with thin white meal ; slightly 

 elongated, sometimes globular ; flat beneath, convex above ; 

 segmented, the segments indistinct. Length reaching about 

 x\yin. Antennae of eight joints, very short. Feet normal, very 

 short ; upper digitules short, lower digitules absent (?) . Anal 

 tubercles extremely small and inconspicuous; each has three 

 conical spines, but no hairs. Anogenital ring large, with six 

 hairs. On the dorsum are numbers of small circular spin- 

 nerets. 



Adult male unknown. 



Habitat On the common tussock grass, Poa anceps (aus- 

 tralis ?) , Mount Grey Downs and Port Hills, Canterbury ; 

 either just above the ground, or more often an inch or two 

 below the surface. 



A species clearly distinct in form and habit. 



Genus : PSEUDOCOCCUS, Westwood. 



Adult females covered with cottony secretion ; stationary ; 

 antennae of nine joints ; anogenital ring conspicuous, with six 

 hairs ; upper digitules of the foot absent. 



