210 Mr. A. Hempel on Brazilian Coccida. 
from a tubercle. Some of these hairs are ‘133 millim. long 
and very slender. 
Hab, Sho Panlo. On the underside of leaves of the fruit- 
tree Lugenia jaboticaba. 
Nearly all the specimens examined were parasitized. 
Lecanium durum, Hempel. 
Adult female very dark brown, irregular, sometimes asym- 
metrical, oval to oblong in outline, flat, posterior margin 
slightly ‘notched, anterior end usually narrower and rounded. 
The upper surface is rough and uneven, with a median longi- 
tudinal ridge anda rectangular central area set off by slight 
ridges, the entire dorsum being covered with small patches 
of witite wax. Length 5°75 millim., width 3°50 millim., 
height 1 millim, Anal cleft about °75 millim, long, with 
contiguous sides. Removed from the bark it leaves a thin 
film of white wax. Boiled in a solution of KOH it colours 
the liquid light brown. The derm is thick and retains a deep 
brown colour, being very hard and fall of irregular oval 
glands, each with a Targe hyaline spot, placed subcentrally. 
Antenne variable, of seven joints, about ‘450 millim. long, 
Approximate fume :4327(156). Average length of 
the joints: (1) 44, (2) 53, (4) 67, (4) 146, (5) 44, (6) 44, 
(7) 49. All the te except joint 3 bear hairs. Joint 4 
sometimes has one or more false joints. Legs ordinary. 
Length of joints of first bee of legs: coxa a trochanter 
and femur 204, tibia 146, tarsus and claw 160. ‘The coxa 
bears a short spine on the proximal end. ‘The claw is very 
slightly notched. ‘Tarsal digitules long, slender, with 
buttoned ends. Digitules of claw shorter, ‘unequal in SiZe, 
with expanded ends. tostrnm small. Spiracles small, with 
many round spinnerets about the external orifices. Anal 
ring apparently with eight hairs. A few hairs, short spines, 
and tubular glands are scattered over the ventral surface. 
Avound the lateral margin is a row of sharp spines; these are 
about as long as the distance separating them, but are more 
numerous near the anal cleft. The stigmatal ‘areas contain 
three large spines each. 
Leb. Ypirauga, State of S. Paulo. On the bark of 
Baccharis dracunculifolia. 
Lecanium glanulosum, Hempel. 
Female oval, flat, sometimes asymmetrical, the margin 
ornamented ith twenty- -cight to thirty triangular bits of 
wax, and the dorsum cowescd with small ivreeular scales of 
