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B. Ovisac elongate, extending considerably beyond the 



body of the female. 



a. Stigmatic spines much shorter than marginal 

 hairs. 



( n ) . MESKMBEYANTHEMI. 



I. Stigmatic spines longer than marginal hairs. 



( II[ ) . . FLOCCIFERA. 



PULVINARIA VITLS (Linnaeus). 

 (PI. XLV, figs. 1-8 ; PL XLIX, figs. 8-10.) 



Coccus vitis, Linnaeus; Syst. Nat., ii, 741, 16 (1735). 

 ? Coccus betulae, Linnaeus; Faun. Suec., 1017 (1746); 



Syst. Nat., 740, 7 (1767). 

 ? Coccus carpini, Linnasus; Syst. Nat., 740,8 (1736); 



Id. Faun. Suecia, 1018 (1746). 



Coccus oxyacanthd?, Linnaeus ; Syst. Nat., ii, 742, 21 . 

 ? Coccus fagi (Hardy), Signoret ; Essai, p. 212 



(1872). 

 Pulvinaria betulse (Linnaeus), Signoret; Essai, p. 207 



(1872). 

 Pulvinaria salicis (Bouclie), Signoret; Essai, p. 220 



(1872). 



? Pulvinaria populi, Signoret; Essai, p. 218. 

 Pulvinaria persicx, Newstead ; Ent. Mo. Mag., s.s., 



vol. iii, p. 142, figs. 3, 3 a (1892). 



Female at period of parturition (PL XLV, fig. 1) more 

 or less cordate, narrowest in front, posterior extremity 

 emarginate, anal cleft deep ; transversely wrinkled 

 and punctate ; dorsum slightly ridged, and where the 

 transverse wrinkles are deepest they often form con- 

 spicuous projections. Colour pale to dark chestnut- 

 brown, with a median line of pale ochreous or brownish 

 red. At the completion of the ovisac the extremities 

 of the body curve upwards and inwards, the cephalic 

 area only remaining attached to the food-plant 



