ASPIDIOTUS ATJEANTII. 91 



in this country ; care should therefore be taken not to 

 allow infested fruit to be placed near cultivated plants. 

 Distribution. Is abundant and destructive to orange 

 and lemon trees in New Zealand, Australia, Ceylon, 

 United States of America, and parts of the Mediter- 

 ranean area. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 



PL I, fig. 1. Puparium of adult female, dorsal view. 



X 25. 



Fig. 2. Puparium of adult female, ventral view, 

 with part of ventral scale removed showing female 

 within. X 25. 

 Fig. 3. Adult female after treatment with potash. 



X 50. 

 Fig. 4. Parasitised immature female removed from 



the puparium. X 25. 

 Fig. 5. Puparium of male. 



Fig. 6. Insects natural size in situ on orange rind. 

 PL II, fig. 1. Pygidimn of adult female. X 250. 

 PL XI, fig. l.~ Margin of pygidium of adult female. 

 X 000. 



ASPJPIOTUS CAMELLUE (Signoret). 

 (PL III, figs. 6-8; PL IV, fig. 3 ; PL XI, fig. 3.) 



Aspidiotus carnenise, Signoret; Essai, p. 117. 

 Aspidiotus rapax, Comstock ; Report, 1880, p. 307, 



pi. xii, fig. 6. 

 Aspidiotux eiioniiitii, Targioni-Tozzetti ; Est., Boll. 



Soc. Toscana Ortic., Anno xiii, 1888, p. 12. 

 Aspidiotus flctoew-iis, Green ; Insect Pests of the Tea 



Plant/ 1890, p. 21. 

 Diaspi* circulata, Green ; Catalogue Coccidae of 



Ceylon, Ind. Mus. Notes, vol. iv, No. 1, 1896. 



