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Fig. 8 a. Another view of apex of antenna of male. 

 X 600. 



Fig. 9. Tarsus and claw of male. X 500. 



Fig. 10. Larva escaping from egg. X 60. 



Fig. 11. Fully-developed larva. X 60. 



Fig. 12. Fully-developed larva showing change of 

 colour immediately prior to first moult. X 50. 



Fig. 13. Commencement of male puparium imme- 

 diately after larval moult. X 50. 

 PL XVII, fig. 2. Pygidium of adult female. X 250. 

 PL XVIII, fig. 5. Margin of pygidium of adult 

 female. X 600. 



Fig. 7. Antenna of larva. X 600. 



AULACASPIS (DIASPIS) PENTAGONA (Targioni-Tozzetti). 

 (Figs. 19, 20.) 



Diaspis pentagona, Targ.-Tozz., Bull. Soc. Ent. ItaL, 



1887, p. 184. 

 Diaspis amygdali, Try on, Rep. on Insect and Fungus 



Pests,' 1889, p. 89. 

 Diaspis lanatus, Morgan and Cockerell, Journal Inst. 



Jamaica, 1892, p. 136. 

 Diaspis patelliformis, Sasaki, Bull. Agric. Coll., Imp. 



Univ. Tokyo, Japan, 1894, vol. ii, p. 107. 



Puparium of adult female (Fig. 19, B) approximately 

 circular, or ovate, convex, opaque, white, and fre- 

 quently mixed with the epidermal tissues of the plant. 

 Exuvise towards, or at the margin, in front, but not 

 projecting. 



Puparium of early adults or second-stage females 

 circular, or broadly pyrif orm, with the exuvise at the 

 margin of a bright orange-yellow. 



Diam. 175 275 mm. 



Adult female yellow, short ovate or broadly pyri- 

 form, gradually narrowed towards the posterior ex- 



