120 Mr. A. Hempel on Brazilian Coccide. 
Length of joints: (1) 31, (2) 45, (3) 45, (4) 49, (5) 45, 
(6) 45, (7) 25, (8) 22. All of the joints except joints 3 and 4 
bear hairs. Rostrum large ; rostral looplong. Legs present 
as short cylindrical tubercles terminating in a long claw. 
Spiracles small, close together, with a few round spinnerets 
about the orifice. Anal ring apparently with ten hairs. 
Just behind the anal ring there is a chitinous plate with a 
deep notch in the middle. The abdomen ends in two incon- 
spicuous tubercles, each bearing a terminal seta and a few 
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short spines. Around the lateral margin there are a few 
short, sharp, spine-like hairs. On each side of the cephalic 
region on the dorsal surface there is a group of two large 
spines, one longer than the other; behind these there 1s 
another spine, and behind the second one another, so that we 
have two longitudinal rows of four spines each, ‘These 
spines are large, slightly curved, with the ends rounded and 
slightly expanded, and are from 53 to 66 wlong. The entire 
surtace of the body is thickly set with small V-shaped spin- 
nerets and numerous fine filamentous glands about 44 uw long. 
Male scale cream-coloured, elliptical, rounded at both ends ; 
transversely wrinkled, and with a longitudinal median ridge 
and a slight groove around the dorsum near the lateral 
margin. Length 1°50 millim.; width *50 millim. 
Hab. Ypirauga, State of 8. Paulo. Thickly covering the 
trunk and branches of an unidentified forest-tree. 
Should this insect attack cultivated trees, it would do much 
harm by its great numbers. 
This species has a superficial resemblance to ZL. ce/tedis, 
Ckll., but can be readily distinguished by the segments of 
the antennee, the absence of functional legs, and the presence 
of spinnerets and filamentous glands. 
Subfamily Tacwarpuws. 
Genus TacuarpiA, Blanch. 
Tachardia cydoniw, Hempel. 
Adult female scale dark coffee-brown, smooth, shiny, 
slightly elongated, with three processes or rays on each side. 
Dorsum not very convex, with a slight hump in the middle, 
behind which is an opening with the lac slightly raised 
around it. Lac not brittle. 
Length 8°75 millim.; width 2°50 millim.; height 1:50 
millim. 
Adult female boiled in a solution of KOH colours the 
liquid a deep red. The insect is slightly longer than wide 
