90 ASPIDIOTUS AURANTI1. 



II, fig. 1) well defined. Circumgenital glands absent. 

 Vaginal opening a little above the centre. Anal orifice 

 towards the extremity. There are two groups of long, 

 filiform, tubular spinnerets connected with two double, 

 irregular rows of about fourteen dorsal pores ; ; 1 1 1 < 1 

 there is also a small central group connected with three 

 dorsal pores opening near the margin between the 

 second and third pair of lobes. Immediately above 

 the tubes are four conspicuous, equidistant scars. 

 Margin (PI. XI, fig. 1) with three pairs of well-devel- 

 oped lobes ; median and second pair usually notched or 

 emarginate at the sides, in front ; third pair, smallot. 

 are usually notched on the outer margin. All the 

 lobes extend considerably within the body, and have 

 the margins curved inwards and thickened. Plates 

 very long and deeply cut; two in each space bet\\< < -n 

 the lobes, and three beyond. The first plate between 

 the second and third lobe, and the three beyond, com- 

 pletely divided by a deep central cleft ; the inner por- 

 tion being simple or with faint serrations; the outer 

 with a deep blunt fringe. The spines are short, and 

 placed at the base of the lobes, mid there is usually one 

 just beyond the plates. 



Scale of the male (PI. I, fig. 5) oblong, somewhat 

 narrowed at the anal extremity. K\uvi:e towards the 

 margin in front of the same colour and struct HIM- as 

 that of the female. 



Long. 1 mm. 



Perfect male not observed in this country; but 

 Maskell describes it as orange yellow with a dark 

 brown apodema. 



Habitat. In Chester on Jaffa oranges, probably 

 imported from the Mediterranean area. Although larire 

 numbers of Coccids find their way to our markets on 

 imported fruit, I have only once met with this species 

 during the last six years. It seems exclusively con- 

 fined to the orange and lemon, but as Coccids are such 

 general feeders, it is just possible this species may 

 establish itself on some of the exotic plants cultivated 



