ASPIDIOTUS ARTICULATUS. 127 



ASPIDIOTUS ARTICULATUS (Morgan). 

 (Figs. 15, 16.) 



Aspidiotus artwulatus, Morgan; Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. 



xxv, pi. v, fig. 5, p. 352. 

 Selenaspidus articulatus (Morgan), Cockerell; U.S. 



Dept. of Agriculture ; Div. of Ent. Technical 



Series, No. 6, Washington, 1897, p. 23. 

 Selenaspis nrticMliitim (Morgan), Leonardi ; Est. dal. 



Ri vista di Patologia Veg., 1897 [VI], 1900 



[VIII], p. 37, fig. 9. 



FIG. 15. Aspidiotus articulatus % X 40. 



Puparium of female semitransparent, pale brown, or 

 yellowish brown, margins paler; flat, approximately 

 circular. Exuviae central or subcentral, yellow ; the 

 circumference of the second exuviae forming a depres- 

 sion. Old examples become greyer, but the central 

 area over the exuviae usually remains orange brown or 

 yellowish. 



Diameter 2 2'25 mm. 



Adult female (Fig. 15) viviparous; pyriform, "with 



