118 Mr. A. Hempel on Brazilian Coccide. 
light yellow. Derm partly chitinized, with a large mass of 
round spinnerets on the cephalic portion. Antenne 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 spinnerets on the external 
orifice, and a large number of fine trachez 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 sete, 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. 
Hab. Ypirauga, State of Sao Paulo. 
Singly on twigs of a plant of the order Myrtacez, 
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 
of KOH. 
Adult female globose, filling the entire test; light yellow 
in colour; abdomen with several transverse wrinkles. Derm 
soft, with a large number of small round spinnerets massed 
on the cephalic area, Antenne small, of two segments, with 
a terminal brush of stiff hairs. Legs wanting. Rostrum 
large, rectangular, situated between the two pairs of spiracles. 
Mentum dimerous.  Rostral loop long, folded upon itself, 
Spiracles large, disk-shaped ; the outer disk thickly set 
with round spinnerets, the inner end surrounded by a large 
number of fine radiating trachea. 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. 
Hab. Siio Paulo. On the bark of a shrub of the order 
Myrtacee. 
Genus 'TEcTrococcus, Hempel. 
Female gall-forming; body ovate. Legs present. An- 
tenne of six joints. Anal ring hairless. 
Type Zectococcus ovatus, Hempel. 
