Mr. A. Hempel on Brazilian Coccida. Zui: 
grey wax, giving it an appearance like the skin of a small 
lizard. ‘The derm is hard, rough, wrinkled and reticulated, 
dark reddish brown in colour, with a median longitudinal 
ridge and a large central rectangular area. ‘There is a fine 
white fringe around the ventral margin. Removed from the 
bark it leaves a patch of white wax. 
Length 4:50 millim. ; width 3°50 millim.; height 1 millim. 
Anal cleft about 1°100 millim. long. 
Boiled in a solution of KOH the derm remains brown, 
thick, and chitinous, with a thin transparent border. The 
entire dorsal derm is crowded with large flask-shapel glands, 
usually arranged in many irregular rosettes, with the opening 
near the edge. Over the glands there is a thin layer com- 
posed of minute square pieces. : 
Antenne variable, of seven joints. Length *437-448 
millim. Approximate formula: 34 (12) 756. Average 
leneth of the joints: (1) 57, (2) 57, (3) 129, (4) 68, (5) 40, 
(6) 37, (7) 51. The antenna are long and slender, nearly 
the same thickness throughout, All the joints except joint 8 
bear hairs, joints 2, 4, and 7 each bearing one quite long one. 
Joint 4 sometimes has one or more false joints. Sometimes 
an individual will have an antenna with eight distinct joints. 
Legs short and slender. he outer edge of the tibia is 
slightly concave. Length of joints of first pair of legs: 
coxa 89, femur and trochanter 196, tibia 133, tarsus and 
claw 133. Digitules of tarsus long and slender, with ex- 
panded ends. Digitules of claw large, thick, unequal in size, 
with expanded ends, and extending beyond the tip of claw. 
Rostrum small, situated midway between the first and second 
pair of legs. Rostral loop extending to the last pair of legs. 
Anal ring apparently with ten hairs. Anal plates small, the 
outer angle rounded and the lateral sides equal in length. 
The ventral surface bears a few hairs and small tubular 
lands. Around the lateral margin there is a row of many 
small sharp conical spines. The stigmatal areas are marked 
by two or three short spines and one very long one. 
Hab. Ypirauga, State of S. Paulo. On the twigs of a 
plant of the order Myrtacez. 
Lecanium zanthorylum, Uempel. 
Adult female dark reddish brown, regular, asymmetrical, 
oblong to subeireular in outline, flat, with a slight notch in 
the caudal margin. Margin of the body thin; dorsal derm 
reticulate, hard, rough, not shiny, the middle slightly elevated 
so as to form a longitudinal ridge; usually covered with 
