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CHIONASPIS HERBAE. 



Chionaspis herbae Green, Coccidae of Ceylon, Part II., p. 132 (1899). 



EGG. " Eggs numerous, bright yellow." (Green). 



SCALE OF FEMALE. Plate 3, Fig. 5. Length, 2 2.75 mm. 

 Moderately broadened, white, opaque. Exuviae .9 mm. long, yel- 

 lowish, brownish or almost colorless. 



FEMALE. Plate 7, Fig. 2. Lobes scarcely darker than the rest of 

 the pygidium ; striate, more or less serrate, the third pair usually 

 more distinctly so than the others. Median pair rounded or 

 obscurely pointed. Lobules of the third pair broad and short. The 

 gland-spines are arranged as follows : i, i, i, i, 3-4. Second row 

 of dorsal gland-orifices with the anterior group only present, number- 

 ing 2 3 ; third row with 2 3 orifices in the anterior and 7 9 in 

 the posterior group. Median group of tircumgenital gland-orifices, 

 ii 16; anterior laterals, 20 27 ; posterior laterals, 14 26. 



SCALE OF MALE. Plate 3, Fig. 5 A. Length, i.i 1.3 mm. 

 Distinctly tri-carinate with the surface rough. Exuvia pale yellow. 



MALE. " Adult male bright red. Ocelli black. Rudimentary 

 eyes on genae obscurely but unmistakably compound, surrounded by 

 a ring of pigment spots. Antennae with a single knobbed hair at 

 apex. Foot with three digitules, one ungual and two tarsal. Length, 

 .60 mm." (Green). 



REMARKS. 



Found on stems and leaves of Panicum sp., Ischaemum ciliare, 

 Ophismenus compositus and various other grasses in Ceylon. My 

 specimens were sent me by Mr. Green, the author of the species. 



CHIONASPIS DYSOXYLI. 



Chionaspis dysoxyli Maskell, Trans. N. Z.Inst.,Vol. XVII., p. 22(1884). 

 Chionaspis dysoxyli Maskell, Ins. Nox. to Agr. and Plants in N. Z., 



p. 55 (1887). 

 Chionaspis dysoxyli Maskell, Trans. N. Z. Inst., Vol. XXII.. p. 135 



(1889). 

 Chionaspis dysoxyli Maskell, Trans. N. Z. Inst., Vol. XXVII., p. 50 



(1894). 



