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Genus CEROPLASTODES Ckll. 

 Ceroplastodes acaciae Ckll. 



Fig. 20. 



Type host and locality. From Acacia paucispina (=A. constricta 

 of Ckll)., Tucson, Ariz. 



Material examined. From the type host and locality. 



Habit. Covered by a test of pure white secretion, which bears nu- 

 merous irregular nodules. Insect free within the test, shrinking to one 

 end after oviposition. 



Fig. 20. Ceroplastodes acaciae Ckll. : A, antenna of adult female; B, antenna of 

 first stage; C, anal plates of adult, left half dorsal, right half ventral; D, 

 marginal spines of adult. 



