94 ASPIDIOTIJS CAMELLIA. 



netic, and there appears to be a succession of broods 

 produced throughout the year. Prof. Comstock found 

 dead examples of the males, but they were shrivelled 

 and imperfect. I believe a living male has not been 

 seen in any part of the world; and I have never st-m 

 any trace of the puparia in this country. 



The worst attack I ever saw of this coccid was at 

 High Legh, Cheshire, where it had almost covered the 

 branches and leaves of a number of fig-tivrs, and it 

 was found necessary to have the plants cut down and 

 destroyed. 



lv\i'i.\\\ i -i'\ oi THK PI.ATKS. 



PI. Ill, fig. (). Puparium of adult frmalc. X 25. 



Kig. 7. Adult female at period of gestation. X : > (| . 



Fig. 8. Insects actual si/c in situ on leaf of Camellia. 

 PI. IV, fig. 3. Pvgidimn of adult female. X '-!><>. 

 PI. XI, fiyf. >. Margin of pvn'idiuin of adult fnnalr. 

 x 600. 



ASPIDIOTUS ZONATUS (Frauenfeld). 

 (PI. VI, figs. 1D; PI. VII, fig. 1 ; PI. XII, fig. 2.) 



Aspidiotus ZOH'ifiix, Fi-auncfcld ; Yrrliandl. /ool. B. 

 Gesdls. \Viru, 1868, p. 888. Signoret, Etasai, 



p. 1 "'>. 



Aspidiotns <//i<>irns, Signoret ; Essai, p. 132. 

 ? Aspidiotns pi/ri, Licht. ; Hull. Soc. Ent. France, 

 p. li, 1881. 



Puparium of the adult female (PL VI, figs. 1, 9) ap- 

 proximately circular, moderately convex ; other forms 

 occur due to compressure by overcrowding, or by con- 

 tact with prominent portions of the bark. Colour 

 smoky grey or ochreous grey. Exuvise a little towards 

 the margin, rarely central ; vary from yellow to dark 



