5 2 



SCALE OF MALE. Plate i, Fig. 3 A. Length, i 1.2 mm. Very 

 distinctly tri-carinated. Exuvia brownish-yellow. 



MALE. "Adult male bright red ; apodema paler ; legs yellowish. 

 Ocelli large, black ; lower pair separated by nearly their own diameter. 

 Rudimentary eyes not apparent. Antennae as long as the body of 

 the insect. Tenth joint much shorter than the ninth, a curved 

 knobbed hair at its apex. Foot with two digitules (one ungual and one 

 tarsal). Tarsus as long as tibia. Length about i mm." (Green). 



REMARKS. 



This species can be readily distinguished from aspidistrae, its 

 nearest relative, by the second exuvia being quite narrow and elon- 

 gated. See Plate 6, Figs. 2 and 3. 



This species was originally described from specimens on tea from 

 Kangra Valley, Northern India. Mr. Green has also found it in 

 Ceylon on Pyscatoria as well as on tea. This species has not been 

 reported as causing very much damage, though its presence on the 

 tea plants seems to have caused some apprehension among the 

 growers. 



The male scales occur in groups, the different individuals lying 

 with their anterior extremities all pointing in the same direction, the 

 scales being in parallel positions. 



Mr. Cotes has recorded the small Hymenopterous parasite Aphe- 

 linus theae Cotes, as an enemy to this scale insect. 



HEMICHIONASPIS MINOR. 



Chionaspis minor Maskell, Trans. N. Z. Inst., Vol. XVII., p. 33 



(1884). 

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



56 (1887). 

 Chionaspis minor Maskell, Trans. N. Z. Inst., Vol. XXV., p. 210 



(1892). 

 Chionaspis minor Cockerell, Ent. Mo. Mag., Vol. XXIX., p. 17 



