148 PARLAT01UA ZIZYPHI. 



EXPLANATION OF THE PLATES. 

 PL XXXI, fig. 1. Puparium of adult female (dorsal). 



X 25. 

 Fig. 2. Puparium of adult female (ventral) with 



ventral scale almost complete. X 25. 

 Fig. 3. Puparium of adult female (ventral) with 



ventral scale removed, disclosing female and eggs. 



X 25. 



Fig. 4. Puparium of adult female as seen by trans- 

 mitted light : a, larval exuviae ; b, second exuviae ; 



c c, secretionary portion ; d, ova ; e, effete skins of 



ova; /, "branched vessels" (see description). 

 Fig. 5. Adult female at period of gestation. X 40. 

 Fig. 6. Male puparium (dorsal). X 25. 

 Fig. 6 A. Male puparium (ventral) with ventral 



scale ruptured, disclosing the imprisoned male 



within. 

 Fig. 7. Insects natural size in situ on portion of 



croton leaf. 

 Fig. 8. Rudimentary antennae of adult female. 



X 600. 



Fig. 9. Leg of male. X 250. 

 Fig. 10. Tarsus and claw of male. X 600. 



PARLATORIA ZIZYPHI (Lucas). 



(PL XXX, figs. 48 ; PL XXXII, fig. 5 ; 

 PL XXXIII, fig. 3.) 



Coccus zizyphus, Lucas (1853) ; Ann. Soc. Fr. Bull., 



xxviii. 



Kermes aurantii, Boisduval (1867) ; Ent. Hort., 338. 

 Parlatoria Lucasii, Targ.-Toz. Catal. (1868), 42. 

 Parlatoria zizyphi (Lucas), Signoret; Essai, p. 133, 



pi. v, figs. 9, 9 a c. 



Puparium of the adult female (PL XXX, fig. 4) very 

 elongate, composed almost entirely of the opaque, 



