430 THE COCCIDAE 



cephalic setae two or three times length of others; surface 

 of pygidium coarsely and irregularly reticulate; anus locat- 

 ed considerably cephalad of middle of pygidium; scale of 

 adult female coarsely transversely striate, exuviae lateral. 



South-West Africa. reticulatus Newst. 



cc. Pygidium without pectinae or plates on lateres. 



d. Pygidium with median pair of lobes broader than long. 



e. Pygidium with pectinae tridentate, arranged 2, 2, 3, 0, 

 those of incisurae broad, truncate, not deeply lacinate, 

 subequal in length to lobes; median pair of lobes quad- 

 rangular, broader than long, entire, truncate with round- 

 ed angles; second pair of lobes similar to median, sub- 

 equal in size; third pair of lobes similar to second, broad- 

 er than long, shorter than second, truncate; lateres broad- 

 ly indented and crenulate. Furcaspis oceanica Lindgr. 



Jaluit Islands on fruit hulls of Cocos oceanicus Lindgr. 



ee. Pectinae bidentate; median pair of lobes broader than 

 long, entire, roundly truncate; second pair of lobes sub- 

 equal to median, similar in form; third pair of lobes sim- 

 iliar in form to second, much smaller; pectinae subequal 

 in length to lobes, not deeply lacinate, bidentate, arranged 

 2, 2, 3, 0; lateres with two prominent teeth, irregular pro- 

 jections between third lobe and caudal tooth, three oblique 

 projections between two teeth, oblique margin serrate. 

 Furcaspis haematochroa Ckll. Batbatan Island. Philip- 

 pine Islands on cocoanut palms haematochrous Ckll. 



dd. Pygidium with median pair of lobes longer than broad, 

 truncate, entire; second pair of lobes similar to median, 

 broader; third pair of lobes broader than long, truncate, 

 expanded at proximal end; pectinae slightly shorter than 

 lobes, truncate, not deeply lacinate, arranged 2, 2, 2, 0; lat- 

 eres indented, irregularly produced with irregular projec- 

 tions. Aspidiotus cladii Charmoy. Mauritius on palms 



charmoyi Brain. 



aa. Body with cephalic margin thickened and regularly crenulate; 

 pygidium with median pair of lobes large, quadrangular, distal end 

 rounded, deep lateral and mesal notches; second pair of lobes 

 longest on mesal margin, bluntly pointed, broad lateral notch; third 

 pair of lobes as long as second, narrower, pointed, faint notches; 

 pectinae long, narrow, deeply lacinate, subequal in length or slightly 

 longer than median, arranged 2, 2, 3, 4, projections of each lateris 

 with short bluntly truncated, evenly distributed plates. South Africa 

 on Dichapetalum. maeandrius Lindgr. 



SPECIES OF RHIZASPIDIOTUS 



Pygidium with median pair of lobes almost contiguous at distal end, 

 proximal ends distant, subtruncate, distal end notched, concave or al- 

 most truncate and broadly rounded on lateral margin, proximal por- 

 tion of lateral margin notched; second and third pairs of lobes small, 

 incised, each portion tooth-like projection; lateres crenulate or notched; 



