374 THE COCCIDAE 



adjacent lobes, bearing oraceratubae; brevaceratubae in 

 three continuous series; mesospiracerores arranged in com- 

 pact group; antennae close together; anus located some 



distance cephalad of vulva. Java on Piper 



diaspiformis Newst. 



ee. Pygidium with genacerores 4-4(4-6)5-7; median pair of 

 lobes small; second and third pairs of lobes small; margin 

 of pygidium serrate and bearing several plates arranged in 



pairs along serrate edge. New Zealand on Ribes 



grossulariae Mask. 



cc. Pygidium with less than three pairs of lobes, 

 d. Pygidium with two pairs of lobes. 



e. Pygidium with second pair of lobes deeply incised. 



f. Head with dorsal aspect with prominent proboscis-like 

 projection which extends cephalad and has distal end 

 slightly globularly enlarged; pygidium with median pair 

 of lobes fused at proximal end, strongly oblique, placed 

 in concavity, margins serrate; second pair of lobes in- 

 cised, mound-like, inconspicuous, lobelets subequal and 

 similar; plates arranged 0, 1, 3, those of each lateris ar- 

 ranged, one adjacent to third lobe and two near middle; 

 genacerores 6-6(13-16)21-23; mesospiracerores 1. Cey- 

 lon on Gelonium proboscidaria Green. 



ff. Head never with dorsal proboscis-like projection, anten- 

 nae situated in median depression and adjacent. 



g. Pygidium with genacerores 5-7(11-12)12-17; median 

 pair of lobes fused at proximal end, strongly oblique, 

 placed in concavity, margins serrate; second pair of 

 lobes incised, mesal lobelet longest and sometimes 

 notched on mesal and lateral margins, lateral lobelet 

 bluntly rounded, entire; plates arranged 0, 1, 3, those 

 of each lateris arranged two, longest, near a second 

 lobe, and one near cephalic end; mesogenacerores and 

 pregenacerores confluent, forming a solagenaceroris; 

 mesospiracerores 4-5. Fiorinia fioriniae minor Mask. 

 America, Europe, Australia, Ceylon, China, etc. on 

 Camellia, Citrus, Psidium, Areca, Cycas, Anthurium, 

 Phytelephas, Kentia, Hedera, Leptospermum, Ficus, 

 Livistona, Podocarpus, Cupressus, palms, tea, ferns, 

 etc. fioriniae Targ. 



gg. Pygidium with genacerores 4-4(16-22)24-27. Japan on 



Podocarpus, Pinus. fioriniae japonica Kwn. 



ee. Pygidium with second pair of lobes not incised, distal end 

 bluntly rounded, faintly notched on lateral margin; me- 

 dian pair of lobes fused at proximal end, strongly oblique, 

 placed in concavity, margins serrate; plates arranged 0, 1, 0, 

 single plate of each second incisura much longer than 

 lobes; genacerores 2-2(6-9)15-15; mesospiracerores obsolete. 

 Ceylon on Grevia. _ .-tumida Leon. 



