68 SYNOPSIS OF SUB-FAMILIES. 



plates as in Lecanium. Larvae with abdominal 

 lobes as in Dactylopiintt" (Green, /. c.). 



HEMICOCCIN.E. 



(v) Abdominal extremity not cleft, usually with a 

 pair of more or less prominent setiferous lobes 

 at margin. Abdominal extremity of larvae 

 similar. DACTYLOPIIN^E. 



c. " Insects enclosed in a resinous cell with three 

 orifices. Adult female apodous, with the terminal 

 segments produced into a tail-like organ bearing at the 

 extremity the anal orifice, which is surrounded by a 

 broken setiferous ring. A prominent spine-like organ 

 above the base of the caudal extension " (Green, /. c.). 



(vi) ..... *TACHARDIIN^E. 



d. Females with anal tubercles obsolete or indicated 

 by a single hair. Anal ring simple. 



(vn) ..... 



e. " Adult females active or stationary ; gall-making, 

 or naked, or producing cotton or wax. Anal tubercles 

 entirely absent; anal ring hairless. Antennae with 

 usually less than seven joints. Body not prolonged 

 posteriorly " (Maskell, Trans. New Zealand Inst., 

 1892, p. 236). "Larvae with anal tubercles, adult 

 without " (Green, /. c.). 



(vm) .... *ImococciNjE. 



/. " Insects enclosed in galls. Limbs either persist- 

 ing, rudimentary, or obsolete" (Green, /. c.). End of 

 abdomen much attenuated and tail-like. 



(ix) .... *BBACHYSOKLINJJ. 



B. Male * with Compound Eijes. 



a. Females with setiferous anal orifice. 



(x) . . . . . ORTHEZIIN^;. 



b. Females without setiferous anal orifice. 

 (xi) Mouth-parts absent in adult females. 



(xn) Mouth-parts present in adult females. 



MONOPHLEBIN.E. 



* Not cat present represented in the British Isles., 



