Mr. A. Ileinpel on Brazilian Cocoidie. i^'Jl 



pores, placed more or less in transverse rows. Eyes 2, small, 

 conical, dark brown, nearly black. Antenn* and lepfs also 

 dark brown. Tibia of second and third pair of legs "20 millira. 

 long, tarsus and claw a little shorter; claw long, slender, 

 slightly curved, and notched at the end. Digitule.s of claw 

 slender, buttoned, a trifle longer than claw. No tarsal 

 digitules. Length '73 millim. 



Fiviale (third stage). — Body ovate; secretion or wax 

 usually light yellow, arranged in two lateral rows each with 

 about 10 tufts, two .sublateral rows of 8 tufts each, one ter- 

 minal tuft at each end, and one median longitudinal row of 

 5 tufts. Antennaj 9-jointed, joint 9 the longest. Legs 

 shorter than in the larvte. Rostral loop reaching to the in- 

 sertion of the third pair of legs. Mentum with about a dozen 

 short hairs. Both surfaces of the body are covered with 

 hairs, those on the dorsum fewer and longer. The dorsal 

 surface also contains a large quantity of round secretory pores, 

 each situated above a group of live or six cells. These pores 

 have the same construction as those in the a lult, and are 

 most abundant on the head and the margins of the body. 



IJab. iSent from Iguape by Mr. E. Young, where it occurs 

 in such numbers on Codiceum sp. ? as to kill the plant. Also 

 found in Ypirauga and Sao Paulo on Ficus sp., rose, and 

 other cultivated plants. 



It has killed a number of shade-trees in Sao Paulo, and is 

 apt to cause considerable damage to the parks. 'I'iie indi- 

 viduals usually cluster on the undersides of the twigs and 

 branches in great numbers. Also occurs in large numbers on 

 Liriodendron tulipifera, L., Laurus camphora, L., and on a 

 species of palm. Many Ilymenopterous parasites have been 

 bred from this species; but the parasites do little harm to the 

 insect, as the eggs are not affected, and hatch, altiiough the 

 adult is full of parasites. A species of Coccinellid larva has 

 also been observed feeding on the growing insects. 



leery a Schrottkj/i\ Hem pel. 



Adult female, massed together and all covered with a dense 

 white secretion, so that it is hard to distinguish individual 

 characters. Each insect, however, is covered with a dense 

 mass of long white filaments of secretion, which seem to 

 proceed from glands placed in two concentric rings on the 

 dorsum ; all the filaments pointing backwards, and some 

 attaining a length of 30 millim. On the abdomen tliere arc 

 two small patches of white secretion. The ovisac is secreted 

 under the abdomen, and consists of a dense mass of white 



