EXPLANATION OF PLATE III. 



ASPIDIOTUS BROMELI^;. (Page 86.) 



Fig. 1. Puparium of adult female, dorsal view, showing 

 naked black exuviae, x 25. 



2. Scale of adult female, ventral view, with 



greater portion of ventral scale broken away, 

 showing the adult female at large anterior 

 extremity, and the eggs at narrow posterior 

 extremity. X 25. 



3. Puparium of the second-stage female, x 25. 



4. Puparium of the male. X 25. 



5. Insects, natural size, in situ on portion of pine- 



apple. 



ASPIDIOTUS CAMELLLE. (Page 91.) 



Fig. 6. Puparium of adult female, x 25. 



7. Adult female at period of gestation, x 30. 



8. Insects, natural size, in situ on leaf of camellia. 



ASPIDIOTUS PEESONATUS. (Page 83.) 



Fig. 9. Puparia of adult female (profile), x 25. 



10. Puparium of adult female, ventral view, with 



portion of yellow ventral scale broken away, 

 revealing the female within, x 25. 



11. Ventral scale attached to leaf, surrounded by 



a zone of discoloration of the leaf tissues. 

 X 25. 



12. Adult female after treatment with potash. 



x 50. 



13. Insects, natural size, in situ on leaf of Tillandsia. 



