new and litth-known American Coccidse. IGl 



225 /x long, tibia 162, tarsus 68. Claw strongly curved ; 

 claw-digitules extending far beyond claw, rather stout, with 

 dark brown knobs about 8 /u, diameter ; tarsal digitules fili- 

 form, about 58 /u. long, with distinct knobs about 4 /x diameter. 



Hab. Volcan de Colima, Mexico, on low bush below pines, 

 altitude about 7000 feet, Aug. 3 (Townsend). 



Very likely a distinct species. 



Xeolecanium pleheiam, sp. n, 



? . — Scale long. 5^, lat. 4, alt. 2 millim., but variable ; 

 very dark brown, almost black, rough, with coarsely and 

 closely pitted sides; dorsum smoother, shiny, with sometimes 

 two obscurely indicated blunt longitudinal ridges. Surface 

 of scale spotted with little patches of brownish-white secre- 

 tion. Dorsal skin yellowish ferruginous (after boiling), with 

 numerous small round gland-orifices of various sizes (diara. 

 6-15 /i). Anal plates ordinary, about ISO /x long and 9.j 

 broad. Mouth-parts dark brown, about IbO /a diameter. 

 TrachejB large. Antennse rudimentary. Margin apparently 

 without spines. 



Larva ordinary, about 450 jjl long, with 6-jointed antenna 

 about 120 fi long, 



J . — Scale glassy, broader than usual, dorsal area narrower 

 than lateral areas. 



Ilah. Colima, Mexico, on bark of " Higuerra " [Ficus sp.), 

 July 13 {Townsfnd). 



Allied to .V, herrera;, Ckll. 



Neolecaniutn manzanillense, sp. n. 



? . — Scale long. 6, lat. 4|, alt. 4 millim., very convex, 

 Kermes-Wke, black or almost so, shiny, roughened all over 

 with small raised points ; an irregular, often more or less 

 star-shaped, pale yellowish-brown patch surrounds the anal 

 plates. Sides slightly furrowed, but not plicate. Margin 

 Vt ry thick. Younger scales (about ih millim, long) have the 

 sides light brown, with deep furrows separating rounded 

 ridges (about ten such ridges on each side), and the dorsal 

 area convex, varying from light brown to liglit lemon-yellow, 

 fekin (after boiling) of adult ferruginous, densely crowded 

 with small tubular glands, all about the same size; ventral 

 skin transparent. Spiracles large. Legs and antennse rudi- 

 mentary. Claw rather large, digitules well developed. Length 

 of leg about 150 fi. Diameter of spiracular opening about 

 120 fi. Anal plates dark brown, small (about 105 ^ long), 



