CONCHASPIS ANGE^CI. 5 



which fortunately had escaped the severe cleaning the 

 plants had undergone. No further trace of the insect 

 has been seen, so that it has undoubtedly been ex- 

 terminated. 



Distribution. Known only out of England in the 

 West Indies Trinidad, Jamaica (Cockerell), Barbados 

 (Maxwell Lefroy). The var. hibisci, Ckll., was found 

 by Mr. Townsend on Hibiscus, at Tampico, Mexico. 



C. Newsteadi, Ckll., is described from Vera Cruz, 

 Mexico. 



EXPLANATION or THE PLATE. 



PL XXXV, fig. 1. Insects natural size in situ on por- 

 tion of a leaf of the food-plant. 



Fig. 2. Group of four puparia of adult female 

 in various stages (dorsal). x 25. 



Fig. 3. Puparium of adult female (profile). X 40. 



Fig. 4. Adult female after treatment with potash 

 (ventral). x 40. 



Fig. 5. Pygidium of adult female. X 250. 



Fig. 6. Terminal portion of pygidium of adult 

 female, x 600. 



Fig. 7. Antenna of adult female. X circa 250. 



Fig. 8. Leg of the adult female. X circa 250. 



Fig. 9. Tibio-tarsal joint of larva. X circa 250. 



Fig. 10. Antenna of larva. X circa 250. 



LECANIIN^:. 



Adult females either naked or covered with secre- 

 tion forming a test or ovisac. Abdomen in all stages 

 with a more or less defined cleft, and on the dorsal 

 surface at the base of the cleft are two more or less 

 triangular lobes or plates. Legs and antennae generally 

 retained, but a few forms are apodous, and have rudi- 

 mentary antennas. Men turn generally monomerous or 

 dimerous. Males generally possessing wings, either 



