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as, unfortunately, Signoret's description is not full 

 enough to give us a clear idea of its true character ; 

 and I am not at all sure that the puparium hereafter 

 described is the true puparium of the male. 



PINNASPIS BUXI (Bouche). 



(PL XV, figs. 913 ; PL XXIII, figs. 2, 3 ; PL XXV, 



figs. 13, 14.) 



Aspidiotus buxi, Bouche; Ent. Zeit., 1851, p. 111. 

 Mytilaspis buxi, Signoret; Essai, p. 137, pi. vi, fig. 



10. 

 Mytilaspis pandani, Comstock; Hept. U.S. Dept., 



1880, p. 324, pi. xx, figs. 1, 2 ; and Second 



Report, 1883, p. 118. 

 Pinnaspis pandani, Cockerell ; Journ. Inst. Jamaica, 



1892, p. 136. 



Female puparium (PL XV, fig. 10) generally light 

 or dark red-brown or orange-brown, posterior ex- 

 tremity lighter. Second exuviae usually of the same 

 colour as the secretionary portion ; larval exuviaB some- 

 times pale yellow. The second exuviae occupy a little 

 more than one-third of the puparium. 



Long. 1 1*50 mm. 



Pupctrium of the Male. Signoret* describes this as 

 having parallel sides, and of a deep yellow colour. 

 The description is much too brief to give us any clue 

 as to its true character. On PL XV, fig. 12, I have 

 figured what may possibly prove to be the puparium 

 of this species, but as I failed to find any of my 

 examples tenanted by either sex, it is possible they 

 may be imperfect puparia of immature females. 



Male. Signoret describes it as yellow with a brown 

 apodema. 



Adult female (PL XV, fig. 11) very elongate, with 



* ' Essai,' p. 137. 



