208 Mr. A. Hempel on Brazilian Coccides. 
and about equal in length. Legs long and slender; digitules 
of claw and tarsus very long. 
Hah. Pilar, Alto da Serra, and 8. Panlo, State of S. Paulo. 
On the upperside of leaves of Brunfelsia sp. and Laurus sp. 
The first specimens were collected and sent to the museum 
by Snr. Gustavo Edwall. 
Lecanium gracile, Hempel. 
Adult female asymmetrical, ovate, very flat, light yellowish 
brown in colour; 850 millim. long, 2°50 millim. wide, and 
LO millim. high. Boiled in a solution of KOH it stains the 
liquid an amber colour, After boiling the dorsal derm 
reinains hard and opaque. Jt resembles the preceding species, 
but the central portion of the derm is fused into one piece, 
while around the margin there is a row of about twenty 
sutures, indicating the division of the plates. A number of 
fine hairs are scattered over the surface. There is also an 
irreeular longitudinal row of from eighteen to twenty-four 
small round pores between the cephalic portion and the anal 
plates. 
Antenne of six joints, variable in length, ranging from 
°301 mill’m. to *854 millim. All the joints bear hairs. 
Approximate formula: 3 (26)1450r326145. Length 
of segments: (1) 40, (2) 49, (5) 102-144, (4) 24, (5) 26, 
(G) 51. Legs ordinary. Length of joints of first pair of 
legs: coxa 102, femur and trochanter 178, tibia 129, tarsus 
and claw 102. Digitules of claw large, with bulbous base 
and ends widely expanded, twice the length of claw. ‘Tarsal 
digitules long, slender, with buttoned ends. Rostrum small, 
situated between the first pair of legs. Rostral loop short, 
extending halfway to the second pair of legs. Spiracles 
small, with a single row of about thirty-six small round 
spinnerets extending from the ext: rnal openings to the margin 
of the body. Anal cleft *720 millim. long, with the sides 
ecntiguous. Anal ring apparently with ten hairs. Anal 
lates small, triangular, with the outer angle slightly rounded 
and the antero-lateral side longer than the postero-lateral. 
Around the margin of the body there is a double row of fine 
tuberculate hairs. The margin is sligitly indented in the 
stigmatal areas, and there bears a cluster of one long curved 
blunt spine and two short ones. 
Larva (just hatched).—Hlliptical, orange in colour, about 
°450 millim. long. Antenne of six joints; joints 3 and 6 
are about equal in length. Rostral loop not coiled, short, not 
reaching to the anal plates. The body terminates in two long 
