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SUBDIVISION III. COCCID^. 



Adult females active, covered with mealy secretion ; antennae 

 of seven joints ; no hairs on anogeiiital ring. Eyes of male not 

 facetted . 



This subdivision,, which includes the single genus Coccus, of 

 which there would seem to be not more than one distinct species 

 Coccus cacti (the cochineal insect) and two or three varieties, 

 has not yet any representatives in New Zealand. 



