118 Mr. A. Herapel on Brazilian Coccidae. 



light yellow. Derm partly chitinized, with a large mass of 

 round spinnerets on the cephalic portion. Antennae close 

 together, as small tubercles, with a terminal brush of stiff 

 hairs. Legs wanting. Rostrum large, situated between the 

 two pairs of spiracles. Spiracles smaller than in the pre- 

 ceding species, but with many si)innerets on the external 

 orifice, and a large number of fine trachejB radiating from the 

 inner orifice. Anal ring hairless. Anal tubercles not de- 

 veloped, but indicated by a mass of about ten spines on each 

 side. Besides these, there are around the anal orifice about 

 thirty spines, two long and two shorter setfe, and about 

 eighty round spinnerets arranged in two elongate masses. 

 The derm bears the customary spinnerets, hairs, and conical 

 spines. The invaginations of the derm are few and small as 

 compared with those of A. singularis. 



Hob. Ypirauga, State of Sao Paulo. 



Singly on twigs of a plant of the order Myrtaceas, 



Apiococcus globosus, Hempel. 

 Test of the adult female spherical, hard, and tough, with 

 the inside and outside smooth, and with a small circular 

 orifice in one side. Colour white, with a creamy tinge. The 

 tests of the immature insects are oval. Size of largest test 

 2"75 millim. in diameter. The material of which the test is 

 made is of a horny nature, and does not dissolve in a solution 

 ofKOH. 



Adult female globese, filling the entire test ; liglit yellow 

 in colour; abdomen with several transverse wrinkles. Derm 

 soft, with a large number of small round spinnerets massed 

 on the cephalic area. Antennae small, of two segments, with 

 a terminal brush of stiff hairs. Legs wanting. Rostrum 

 large, rectangular, situated between the two ])airs of spiracles. 

 l^Ientum dimerous. Rostral looj) long, folded upon itself. 

 Spiracles large, disk-shaped ; the outer disk tliickly set 

 with round spinnerets, the inner end surrounded by a large 

 number of fine radiating trachese. Anal ring hairless. Anal 

 orifice surrounded by about sixteen sharp spines and 

 numerous spinnerets. The derm bears large numbers of 

 spinnerets, some hairs, and the characteristic conical spines. 

 The invaginations of the derm are small, but numerous. 



IJab. feao Paulo. On the bark of a shrub of the order 

 MyrtaceaB. 



Genus Tectococcus, Hempel. 



Female gall-forming ; body ovate. Legs present. An- 

 tennae of six joints. Anal ring hairless. 

 Type Tectococcus ovatusj Hempel. 



