Mr. A. Hempel on Brazilian Coccide. SPIE 
Size of the largest individuals :—Length 11 millim., width 
8:25 millim., height 8 millim. The wax is hard and brittle 
and is distinctly divided into seven plates, of which the 
dorsal plate is the largest. One small, elliptical, dark- 
coloured nucleus is situated in the centre of the dorsal plate . 
No other nuclei are present. The surface is roughened by 
concentric rings and slight lateral humps. T'wo white chalky 
lives are present on the ventral surface, but do not appear on 
the sides. 
The adult female denuded of wax is 6°5 millim. long, 
4°5 millim. wide, and 4 millim. high, with a slight notch on 
the margin at each stigmatal area, but without any distinct 
humps. The derm is light brown, thin, and chitinized. The 
caudal horn is light brown, 2 millim, long, and placed hori- 
zontally. Boiled in a solution of KOH the liqnid becomes 
turbid and of an orange colour with a pinkish tinge. The 
dorsal derm remains hard, while the ventral derm is soft. 
The antenne are of eight joints, all except joints 3 and 4 
bearing hairs. Length about °380 millim. Length of the 
joints: (1) 66, (2) 58-66, (3) 66-70, (4) 35-40, (5) 57-66, 
(6) 26, (7) 26, (8) 40. Approximate formula: (8 1 2 5) 
(8 4) (6 7). Legs ordinary, short. Length of joints: 
coxa 111, femur and trochanter 222, tibia 147, tarsus 79, 
claw 24, digitules of claw 40. ‘Tarsal digitules fine, slightly 
longer than the digitules of claw, with the ends slightly ex- 
panded. Digitules of claw large, with widely expanded ends. 
Around the lateral margin of the body there is a thickly set 
row of short, sharp, conical spines. About each stigmatal area 
there is a group of fifty or more larger conical spines. ‘The 
derm of both surfaces bears many small glands. 
Hab Mandos, State of Amazonas, Presumably on an 
uncultivated shrub or tree. 
Ceroplastes grandis, Hempel. 
Adult female scale very large, ovate, truncated and slightly 
excavated posteriorly, acuminate anteriorly. Dorsum very 
convex, coming to a point at the dorsal nucleus. ‘The wax is 
very soft, containing much water, and has a characteristic 
pungent smell, It is white on the dorsum, turning to a 
salmon-pink on the sides and lower edge, and is distinctly 
divided into plates. Nuclei brown, the lateral ones not con- 
spicuous. ‘Ihe surface is shiny and uneven, being depressed 
about the nuclei and caudal horn and slightly elevated on 
the other parts. Size of the largest specimens :—Length 
18 millim.; width 14 millim.; height 11 millim. 
