LKOANIUM HESPERIDUM. 85 



States of America, where it is also a pest out of doors 

 in climates suitable for the growth of the orange and 

 lemon. Common in the West Indies (Maxwell- 

 Lefroy) ; Mexico and Chili (Tyler Townsend), Brazil 

 (Hempel) ; Australia including Tasmania; New Zealand, 

 and the Sandwich Islands. S. I. Kuwana has recently 

 recorded it from Japan on various cultivated plants 

 both under glass and in the open air. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATE. 



PI. L, fig. 1. Insects natural size in situ. 



Fig. 2. Female at period of gestation ; example 



from underside of bay leaf. X 10. 

 Fig. 2 a. Younger form from orange showing similar 



markings. X 10. 

 Fig. 3. Female at period of gestation; immaculate 



form from underside of bay leaf. X 10. 

 Fig. 4. Female at period of parturition. Early 



stage, from orange. X 10. 

 Fig. 5. A similar example after parturition, from 



orange. X 10. 



Fig. 6. Antenna of adult female. X 140. 

 Fig. 7. Leg of the adult female. X 140. 

 Fig. 8. Portion of dorsal dermis of adult female 



with derm-cells. X 140. 



Fig. 9. Marginal spines of adult female. X 300. 

 Fig. 10. Adult female of the form named alienum 



by Douglas. X 10. 



LECANIUM HESPERIDUM, var. MINIMUM (Newstead). 



Lecanium minimum, Newstead ; Ent. Mo. Mag., s.s., 

 vol. iii, p. 141, pi. ii, figs. 1, 1 a. 



Old adult female yellowish-brown ; flat, elongate, 

 narrowly rounded in front, surface rugosely punctured 

 with a strong central carina commencing just behind 



