134 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, 'o2 



rather slow about it the under portion of the body, full of 

 of young life, while growing rapidly, will be so large in a short 

 time that it is impossible to get through the opening and the 

 moth falls a victim. Illustration No. i shows this plainly. 

 The cocoons in the illustration are stripped of the outer cover- 

 ing so as to show the amount of silk at opening end in a plain 

 manner. No. 2, 6". cynthia, before emerging; No. ■^proniethea 

 and No. 4 cecropia. 



A New Coccid from California. 



By S. I. KuwANA, Stanford University, Cal. 

 Pseadolecaninm disticlinm n. sp. 



Adult female : — Length varying from 3 to 4 mm. , width i to 

 I.I mm.; ellipsoidal in form, usually fiat; pinkish brown in 

 color, shiny, the posterior segment darker color ; thinly coated 

 with white cottony wax. 



Boiled in KOH, the female becomes transparent, with the 

 exception of the mouth parts, antennae and the posterior seg- 

 ment, which are golden brown ; mouth parts well chitinized, 

 rostral loop long ; antennae short, conical, consisting of two 

 segments, subequal in the length, .41 mm. long, the terminal 

 .segment bearing six or more hairs ; the two pairs of spiracles 

 are large and prominent ; a large number of glands varying in 

 .size, all over the lx)dy, which are more numerous around the 

 spiracles ; the posterior segment strongly chitinized ; the pos- 

 terior margin of the lx>dy with no cleft, and bearing four spines; 

 anal ring large, without hairs. 



Inrst Larval Sta^e : — Length .5 mm., width .2 mm.; pale 

 pink in color ; elongate ellipsoidal in form ; segments very dis- 

 tinct ; sides nearly parallel, with no capitate spines on the 

 margin of the l)ody ; eyes red ; mouth parts very large ; an- 

 tenna; close to each other, each consisting of .six .segments, and 

 al)OUt .12 mm. long, segment 6 longer than 4 and 5 together, 

 segment 4 shortest, formula, 6, 1,2, 3 (4, 5); the three pairs 

 of legs are sul)e(|ual, coxa as wide as long, trochanter large, 

 bearing a single long hair, femur large, convex on the outer 

 margin, tibia and tarsus about c<|iial in length, each bearing a 



