ASPIDIOTL'S REDEEM . 121 



Aspidiotus ulicis, Signoret ; Essai, p. 106. 

 Aspidiotus villosus, Targioni-Tozzetti ; Catal. (1869), 



p. 45, esp. 6. 



Aspidiotus vriesciae, Signoret ; Essai, p. 108. 

 Aspidiotus corinocarpi, ? Colve ; E studios sobre al- 



gunos insectos de la familia de los Coccidos 



(Impr. de Nicasio Ruis, Monfort), Valentia, 



1881, p. 39. 

 Aspidiotus carpodeti, Maskell; Trans. N.Z. Inst., 



1884, vol. xvii, p. 21. Scale Insects N.Z., 



1887, p. 41. 

 Diaspidiotus villosus (T. T.), Cockerell ; the San Jose 



Scale, pp. 18, 19. 

 Evaspidiotus hederae (Vallot), Leonardi ; Gen. e sp. 



di Diaspiti. Est. dal. Rivista di Patologia 



Vegetale, 1897 [VI], 1900 [VIII], p. 98. 



Puparium of old adult female (PI. VIII, fig. 1) ap- 

 proximately circular, or ovate; outline often irregular; 

 flat, convex. Colour dull ochreous, margins paler. 

 Exuviae central, yellow ; secretionary covering smooth, 

 very thin, does not totally obscure the sublying ex- 

 uvias ; it soon disappears, however, and the exuviae are 

 usually naked. 



Puparium of the young adult female (PL VIII, fig. 2) 

 pure opaque white. Exuviae, varying from very pale 

 yellow to bright orange, are usually exposed. 



Diam. 1 2 mm. 



Adult female (PL VIII, fig. 3) pyriform, attenuated 

 posteriorly ; free abdominal segments distinct. Colour 

 pale yellow ; pygidium a little reddish towards the 

 apex. At the period of gestation the body becomes 

 swollen, and almost all trace of articulation disappears ; 

 after parturition it shrivels and becomes a shapeless 

 mass. Rostral filaments short. Free abdominal segf- 



o 



ments with large tubular spinnerets connected with 

 large oval- shaped pores at the margin. Spiracles 

 (PL X, fig. la) large, cylindric ; sides finely reticulate. 

 Pygidium (PL X, fig. 1) with four groups of circum- 



