EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXI. 



ASTEEOLECANIUM BAMBUSJ!. (Page 151.) 



Fig. 1. Insects natural size in situ on portion of 

 a leaf of bamboo. 



Fig. 2. Ovisac of adult female with ventral portion 

 removed, revealing the female at period of gesta- 

 tion. X 15. 



Fig. 3. Another example with a portion of the 

 ventral part of the ovisac removed, revealing the 

 female at period of parturition and the cavity 

 behind her filled with the yellow ova. X 15. 



Fig. 30. Ovisac of adult female with the crimson 

 blotches of the sub-lying insect showing through. 

 X 15. 



Fig. 4. Ovisac of old adult female after the death 

 of the insect. X 15. 



Fig. 5. Ovisac of young adult on slender stem of 

 bamboo. X 15. 



ASTEEOLECANIUM THESII. (Page 154.) 



Fig. 6. Insect (test) in situ, slightly enlarged. 

 Fig. 7. Ovisac of the adult female (profile). X 12. 

 Fig. 8. Fringe of the ovisac 'of the adult female. 

 X 35. 



ASTEEOLECANIUM VAEIOLOSUM. (Page 156.) 



Fig. 9. Insects natural size in situ on oak branchlet. 



Fig. 10. Three ovisacs of adult female in sitit. X 4. 



Fig. 11. Ovisac of adult female at the period when 

 the female entirely fills it (dorsal), x 20. 



Fig. 12. Underside of the same showing the four 

 respiratory channels filled with a white waxy 

 secretion, x 20. 



Fig. 13. Ovisac of adult female after the death of 

 the insect, the desiccated body of which is indi- 

 cated by the brown colour of the anterior portion 

 of the test. X 20. 



Fig. 14. Secretionary covering of the second-stage 

 female. X 25. 



Fig. 15. Marginal fringe of the same, highly 

 magnified. 



