EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. 



Fig. 1. Novius koebelei, Olliff ; Koebele's ladybird. Male; enlarged, 

 la. Novius koebelei. Male ; natural size. 

 1&. Novius koebelei. Female; natural size. 

 Ic. Novius koebelei. Larva ; enlarged. 



2. "Black Vedalia." Enlarged. 



3. Novius bellus. Beautiful ladybird; enlarged. 



4. Novius (Vedalia) cardinalis, Mulsant; Australian ladybird; 

 4a. Novius (Vedalia) cardinalis. Natural size. 



4&. Novius (Vedalia) cardinalis. Larva ; enlarged. 



5. Lestophonus icerya. Dipterous parasite of the cottony cushion 



scale; enlarged. 

 5a. Lestophonus icerya. Natural size. 



6. Ophilosia crawfordi. Hymenopterous parasite of the cottony 



cushion scale; enlarged. 

 6a. Ophilosia crawfordi. Natural size. 



7. Twig infested with cottony cushion scale ; natural size. 

 la. Icerya purchasi crawii, Cockerell. 



7b. Icerya purchasi inaskelli. 



