Mr. A. Hempel on brazilian Coccide. 215 
white lines beneath on each side. The dorsum has a faint 
indication of a median longitudinal ridge. Length 6 millim. ; 
width 4 millim.; height 1°25 millim. Anal cleft about 
1 millim. long, sides contiguous. Viviparous. Boiled in a 
solution of KOHL it colours the liguid dark reddish brown. 
The dorsal derm remains chitinous ; around the margin there 
is a narrow stripe, light-coloured and semitransparent, the 
remainder being dark and opaque. ‘The dorsal surface is 
perforated by many minute holes, and also bears a few scat- 
tered hairs. 
Antenna variable, usually of seven joints. Sometimes 
only six jointsare present. All the joints except joint 3 bear 
hairs. Leneth about *385 millim. Approximate formula: 
4 (27) 3156 or (4) (27) (3.1) (5 6). Average length of 
joints: (1) 49, (2) 62, (3) 53, (4) 102, (5) 31, (6) 27, (7) 62. 
eos ordinary ; coxa and trochanter each with a long hair. 
Length of joints of first pair of legs: coxa L1], trochanter 
and ‘femur 213, tibia 138, tarsus and claw 102. Digitules of 
claw large, of equal size, with expanded ends.  ‘Tarsal 
digitules long, with expanded ends. Rostrum small, 
inserted just behind the first pair of legs. Spiracles small, 
with a double row of about thirty small round spinnerets 
extending to the lateral margin. Anal ring apparently 
with eight hairs. Anai plates small, triangular, with the 
outer angle slightly rounded and the antero- lateral side 
slightly Jonger than the postero-lateral. On the ventral 
surface there are several long hairs in front of the anal plates, 
and two groups, of from twenty to twenty-five small round 
spinnerets each, just behind the anal plates. Around the 
lateral margin there is a row of small tuberculate hairs, ‘The 
margin is slightly indented in the stigmatal areas, and each 
bears a group of two short straight spines and one long 
curved one. 
Larva (just born).—Oval, flat, brown, *415 millim. long ; 
eyes dark brown, small, conical. Antenne regular, appa- 
rently of six joints. The body ends in two. long sete. 
Margin of the body serrated and bearing a row of short hairs. 
Stigmatal areas characterized by a group of two short and one 
long blunt spine. Rostral loop long, extending to the anal 
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plates. Legs long, claw slender. ‘Digitules of claw long, 
unequal, one large the other fine, both with expanded ends. 
Tarsal digitules 2, ‘long, slender, with expanded tips. 
Hab. Ypirauga and Jundiaby, State of S. Paulo. Oc- 
curing singly on the bark of a bush, Maytenus sp. 
Lecanium eugenie, Uempel. 
Adult female elliptical, the middle portion of the dorsum 
