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small indefinite tubercles, surmounted by a white, 

 flake-like secretion, which is very pronounced in the 

 young adults ; derm-cells indicated on the exterior by 

 minute yellow specks or points placed close together 

 over the whole area. Antenna (fig. 4) of eight joints, 

 of which the third is longest, and the sixth and seventh 

 are shortest; formula X (2, 4), 5, 8, 1 (6, 7). Legs 

 (fig. 5) a very little longer than the antennas ; digi- 

 tules (fig. 5 a) to claw very long and stout, with the 

 extremities moderately dilated. Derm-cells (figs. 7, 

 7 a) elongate, each one enclosed within an irregular 

 but strongly defined polygonal tesselation. Ventral 

 dermis (fig. 8) with numerous small, tubular spinnerets, 

 and a few scattered, short, stout spines (fig. 9). 

 Stigmatic spines (fig. 10) three in number, of which the 

 centre one is much the longest. Marginal spines or 

 hairs (fig. 6) simple or flattened at their a.pex, and 

 variously serrated. 



Long, 2-50-4 mm. ; wide, l'50-o mm.; high, 1*50- 

 2 '50 mm. 



Female at period of gestation (fig. 11) comparatively 

 flat; dingy mauve in the centre, shaded to dusky 

 yellow at the sides; H -shaped carina3 strongly indi- 

 cated and paler in colour than the rest of the body ; 

 eyes black. As the insect matures it changes to a dark 

 brown colour, which is not infrequently maintained in 

 the old adults. " Flake-like secretion " as in the old 

 adults, but a little more pronounced. Female, first 

 stage (fig. 12), elongate-ovate, with H -shaped carinae 

 strongly indicated; central area mauve or orange- 

 mauve, shading to yellow at the sides. 



Puparium of the male (fig. 13) very elongate. Mr. 

 Green* says it is "studded with irregular waxy plates, 

 as in the female, those on the median line being most 

 defined and very prominent." 



Pupa " pale greenish with a dark brown, median, 

 longitudinal line " (Green, 1. c.) 



The male was described, for the first time, by Dr. 



* ' Ent. Mo. Mag./ s.s., vol. viii, p. 72, fig. 2. 



