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Notes : Of the species known to me this most closely resembles O. ruthae 

 Kotinsky, an Hawaiian species, from which if differs chiefly in the presence of 

 the second pair of paraphyses. 



Fig. 42. Odonaspis litorosa n. sp. : A, pygidium of second stage; B, adult female; 

 C, antenna of first stage; D, pygidium of first stage. 



Odonaspis fistulata n. sp. 

 Fig. 43. 



Type from Distichlis spicata at Punta Palmilla near San Jose del 

 Cabo. 



Habit. Occurring beneath the sheathing bases of the leaves or on the 

 upper surface of the leaves near the base. Scale of female about 2.5 mm. 

 long, white, somewhat elongate with the exuviae near one end and naked ; 

 ventral scale thick, continuous with the dorsal scale, and composed in part 

 of the ventral portion of the second exuvium as is common in this genus. 

 Scale of male white, somewhat elongate, with the exuvium near one end. 



