EXPLANATION OF PLATE LX. 



KERMES VABIEGATUS. (Page 140.) 



Fig. 1. Female insect natural size in situ on branch 



(profile). 



Fig. 1 a. The same removed from branch (ventral). 

 Fig. 2. Old adult female after parturition (profile). 



x 4. 



Fig. 3. The same (anterior view). x 4. 

 Fig. 4. Antenna of adult female. x 140. 

 Fig. 5. Leg of the adult female. x 140. 

 Figs. 6, 6 a. Portions of ventral dermis of the adult 



female, x 600. 

 Fig. 6 b. Tabular spinnerets of the adult female. 



x 600. (On the plate the figure 6 is reversed.) 

 Fig. 7. Anal orifice of the adult female. Enlarged. 

 Fig. 8. Larva (ventral). x 100. 

 Fig. 9. Antenna of the larva. x 300. 

 Fig. 10. Leg of the larva, x 300. 

 Fig. 11. Anal extremity of the larva. x 300. 



