21() Mr. A. Hempel on Brazilian Coccidre. 



inflated, very convex, shiny, yellowish brown in colour, 

 smooth or but slightly pitted, and witii a slight longitudinal 

 furrow on each side of the median line. The ends are sliglitly 

 flattened, the sides are contracted and dark brown in colour 

 and have the derm roughened by small pits and wrinkles. A 

 minute fringe of white wax encircles the margin of the body, 

 and there is a small tuft of white cottony wax over the anal 

 plates. The abdomen has two white lines on each side. 

 When removed from the bark it leaves a small patch of 

 white cottony substance behind. Length 5"25 millim. ; width, 

 dorsum 4 millim., abdomen 2'50 millim.; height 3"50 millim. 

 Anal cleft 1"25 millim. long, sides contiguous. Boiled in a 

 solution of KOH it colours the liquid light brown. The 

 derm remains hard and brown. On each side of the middle 

 there are seven or eight longitudinal rows of small dark spots 

 radiating from the anal plates. The derm also contains many 

 round hyaline spots. The ventral derm, especially near the 

 margin, contains many large tubular glands. 



Antennjfi variable, usually of eight joints, although some 

 have only seven joints. All the joints bear hair?. Length 

 about "365 millim. Approximate formula : 3 1 (5 8) 2 4 (6 7). 

 Average length of joints: (1) 58, (2) 44, (3) 71, (4)40, 

 (5) 49, (6) 27, (7) 27, (8) 49. Legs ordinary, trochanter 

 with one long terminal hair and several spines; coxa with a 

 shorter hair ; claw large, slightly notched. Digitules of claw 

 of equal size, large, curved, nearly twice the length of claw, 

 bulbous at base, with buttoned ends. Tarsal digitules long 

 and slender, with expanded tips. Length of joints of first 

 pair of legs : coxa 89, femur and trochanter 222, tibia 169, 

 tarsus and claw 111. Rostrum small, situated between the 

 first pair of legs. Eostral loop short, not extending to the 

 second pair of legs. Anal ring apparently with six small hairs. 

 Anal plates small, the outer angle rounded and the two lateral 

 sides about equal in length. The ventral surface bears two 

 median longitudinal rows of hairs. The lateral margin is 

 thickly set with large spine-like hairs. 



IJah. Ypirauga, State of S. Paulo. On the branches of 

 a bush of the genus Eugenia. They are closely crowded on 

 the branches, but rarely overlap. Their hard, shiny, dark 

 brown bodies have the appearance of seeds. 



Lecaniu7n jahoticabce, Hempel. 



Female asymmetrical, subcircular, flat, light yellowish 

 green in colour, with some faint brown markings on the 

 dorsum. Derm covered with a slight waxy secretion. 

 Length 3 millim. ; anal cleft '475 millim. long, sides not 

 contiguous. Boiled in a solution of KOH the derm becomes 



