124 ]\rr, A. Hempel on Brazilian Coccidae. 



•089 millini. Rostrum and nientum ordinary. Rostral loop 

 short. Legs wanting. The external openings of the large 

 j)air of spiracles are surrounded by about sixty round spin- 

 nerets. The small s])iracles are close together and have five 

 or six spinnerets at the external opening. The four dorsal 

 tubercles between the caudal ring and dorsal horn are small, 

 each one bearing about forty spinnerets. Dorsal horn 

 straight and sharj), "151 millim. long. Anal ring with ten 

 large hairs, which do not protrude far beyond the caudal 

 ring. The chitinous caudal ring ends in ten plates and bears 

 many minute tubercles and several small spines at the base. 

 The chitinous plates are short, narrow at the base, with the 

 ends expanded and serrated. On the ventral surface, near 

 the antenna? and spiracles, are four groups of about sixteen 

 elongate glands each. Scattered over the body are six or 

 more areas in which the derm is partly chitinized and bears 

 minute hairs and glands. 



Larvce elliptical, as in T. cydonice. Length "450 millira. 



Hab. Siio Paulo. Clustered on the branches of cultivated 

 roses in various parts of the city. 



To.chardia ingce^ Hempel. 



Adult female scale subglobular, dorsum slightly flattened, 

 with an aperture in the centre. The lac is dull, shiny when 

 the surface becomes rubbed, semitransparent, thick, brittle, 

 light green with brown stripes. Some fine white filaments 

 usually protiude from the dorsal orifice. The lac of many 

 individuals usually unites to form a confused mass. 



Diameter 5'25 millim.; height 3-75 millim. 



Denuded of lac the insect is three-lobed. Lac-tubes and 

 horn all of equal length and standing erect on the dorsum. 

 Length 3"50 millim.; width 3 millim. ; height 2'50 millim. 



Boiled in a solution of KOH it colours the liquid very deep 

 purple. 



Antenna?, small tubercles about 'llO millim. long, appa- 

 rently consisting of six joints. Legs represented by very 

 small conical tubercles, ending in a claw. Length of the 

 first pair 18 //.. Antennae very close together. Rostrum 

 large, placed just behind the antenna. Rostral loop short. . 

 First pair of legs inserted very close to the rostrum. The 

 large stigmata have each about 140 to 150 spinnerets around 

 the external orifice, while the small ones have each 10 to 12 

 spinnerets around the external orifice. Dorsal horn straight 

 and blunt, about '173 millim. long. Lac-glands large, with 

 an oblong orifice lined with numerous glands. Anal ring 



