EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXXI. 

 PARLATORIA PROTEUS, var. CROTONIS. (Page 146.) 



Fig. 1. Puparium of adult female (dorsal), x 25. 



2. Puparium of adult female (ventral), with the 



ventral scale slightly ruptured, x 25. 



3. Puparium of adult female with ventral scale 



removed, disclosing the female and eggs 

 within the trough-shaped cavity, x 25. 



4. A similar example as seen by transmitted 



x 25. 



(ft) L;irv;il exuviae. 



(b) Kxuviae of secoi 



(c r) Secretionary portion. 



Ivxuviae of second-stage female. 



(d) Ova. 



(c /) Effete skins of ova. 



(/) Branched vessels (see description). 



5. Adult female at period of gestation. As in all 



other members of the Diaspinae, the ova 

 occupy almost the whole of the interior of 

 the body, extending quite to the cephalic 

 margin, x 40. 



6. Male puparium (dorsal), x L'-V 



(>'/. Male jmpariiini (ventral), disclosing dead 

 male within, x 2~>. 



7. Insects, natural si/e, //* N//// on portion of 



croton leaf. 



8. Rudimentary antenna of adult female, x GOO. 



9. Leg of the male. 



10. Tarsus and claw of male, x 600. 



