Coccitlic in the Briiis/t ^faaeum. 375 



" Pitchj, elliptical, thickly covered above with woolly 

 matter: feelers submoniliforni, slightly setaceous : the joi: ts 

 successively increasing: in length : le^js ferruorinous. hairy. 

 Length of body 2 lines. China. Presented by G. T. Lay, 

 Esq." 



No. 1502. Lecaniuin austraU^ Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., Horn, 

 p. 1079. 



The type of this species has unfortunately been lost, and no 

 clue remains as to its identity. Walkcr^s diagnosis, here 

 ajjpended. is quite inadequate : — 



" Riifam^ elli'pticum, transverse rugosum." 



" Red, elliptical, transversely rugose. Length of body 

 1^ line. Van Diemeu's L;ind, Presented by the llev. T. 

 Ewing." 



No. 1503. Lecanium capense, Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., Horn, 

 p. 1079. 



The following diagnosis {loc. cit.) gives little assistance in 

 the identitication of the species : — 



" Pt'ceum, transversum, conchiforme, transverse striatum." 



" Conchiform, pitchy, a little broader than long, with 

 transverse striae, which are parallel to the broader side. 

 Breadth 1 line. Algoa Bay. Above 200 specimens on bark. 

 Presented by Dr. P^reira." 



Fortunately the Museum Collection contains ample material 

 from which I have been able to determine the insect as an 

 undescribed species of Aspidiotus and to append the annexed 

 formal description. 



Aspidiotus {Aonidiella) capensis (Walk). 

 Lecanium capense, Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., Horn. p. 1079 (1852). 



Female puparium subcircular or oval, moderately convex, 

 very dense and somewhat rough and corrugated. Colour 

 deep chocolate-brown, in some examples inclining to reddish. 

 Pellicles reddish, situate close to anterior margin, the second 

 often concealed. Ventral scale dense, whitish. Longer 

 diameter 2 to 2*50 mm. 



Male puparium small, narrow, tapering slightly to poste- 

 rior extremity. Colour and texture as in female; posterior 

 extremity slightly paler. Length 1'25 mm. ; breadth 0*50 mm. 



Adult ? . — Dried examples deep purple-brown. Broadly 

 oval. A conspicuous submarginal series of long stout hairs 

 on cephalothorax (fig. 1, p. 37(J). lludimentary antennae with 

 several .stout curved bristles. A ventral series of from four to 

 six stout blunt spines on each side, each spine arising from a 



