216 Mr. A. Hempel on Brazilian Coccide. 
inflated, very convex, shiny, yellowish brown in colour, 
smooth or but slightly pitted, and with a slight longitudinal 
furrow on each side of the median line. Theends are e slightly 
flattened, the sides are contracted and dark brown in colour 
and have the derm roughened by small pits and wrinkles. A 
minute fringe of white wax encircles the margin of the body, 
and there is a small tuft of white cottony wax over the anal 
plates. The abdomen has two white lines on each side. 
When removed from the bark it leaves a small patch of 
white cottony substance behind, Length 5°25 millim.; width, 
dorsum 4 millim., abdomen 2°50 millim.; height 3°50 millim. 
Anal cleft 1:25 millim. long, sides contiguous. Boiled in a 
solution of KOH it colours the liquid light brown. The 
derm remains hard and brown. On each side of the middle 
there are seven or eight longitudinal rows of small dark spots 
radiating from the anal plates. The derm also contains many 
round hyaline spots. The ventral derm, especially near the 
margin, contains many large tubular glands. 
Antenne variable, usually of eight joints, although some 
have only seven joints. All the joints bear hairs. “Length 
about *365 millim. Approximate formula: 31(5 8) 24 (6 7). 
Average length of joints: (1) 58, (2) 44, (8) 71, (4) 40, 
(5) ¢ 49, (6) 7, (7) 27, (Saad: Legs ordinary, trochanter 
with one long terminal hair and several spines; coxa with a 
shorter hair; claw large, slightly notched. Digitules of claw 
of equal size, large, curved, nearly twice the length of claw, 
bulbous at base, with buttoned ends. Tarsal divitules long 
and slender, with expanded tips. Length of joints of first 
pair of legs: coxa 89, femur and trochanter 222, tibia 169, 
tarsus and claw 111. Rostrum small, situated between the 
first pair of legs. Rostral loop short, not extending to the 
second pair of legs. Anal ring apparently with six small hairs. 
Anal plates small, the outer angle rounded and the two lateral 
sides about equal in length. ‘Lhe ventral surface bears two 
median longitudinal rows of hairs, ‘The lateral margin is 
thickly set with large spine-like hairs. 
Hab, Ypirauga, State of 8. Paulo. On the branches of 
a bush of the genus Eugenia. ‘They are closely crowded on 
the branches, but rarely overlap. Their hard, shiny, dark 
brown bodies have the appearance of seeds. 
Lecanium jaboticabe, Hempel. 
Female asymmetrical, subcircular, flat, light yellowish 
green in colour, with some faint brown ‘markings on the 
dorsum. Derm covered with a slight waxy secretion. 
Length 3 millim.; anal cleft *475 millim. long, sides not 
contiguous. Boiled in a solution of KOH the derm becomes 
