62 Mr. A. Hempel on Brazilan Coccide. 
beneath, trochanters, femora, anterior areas of pro-, meso-, and 
metasterna, and apical abdominal segment testaceous ; tibiae 
and tarsi black; apical abdominal segment with two ochra- 
ceous apical spots. Antenne mutilated; scutellum sparingly 
and coarsely punctate, depressed from behind base, and with 
a very distinct central carination on posterior half; corium 
thickly and finely punctate. 
Long. 15 millim. ; exp. pronot. angl. 7 millim. 
Hab. Mashonaland, Salisbury (G. A. K. Marshall). 
Subfam. AcanrTHosoMINaA. 
Genus GALGACUS. 
Galgacus, Dist. Ann. & Mag, Nat. Hist. (7) vol. iv. p. 435 (1899). 
Galgacus macer, Walk. (Dictyotus) Cat. Het. 1. p. 182. n. 14 
(1867) ; Dist. loc. czt. 
In revising Walker’s species I was (supra) compelled to 
found a new genus for the reception of the species he had 
described as a Dictyotus. The tarsi, however, in the unique 
type were not available for examination, so that its position 
was necessarily uncertain. I have since received a specimen 
for identification from Dr. Montandon, which proves the 
tarsi to be two-jointed, and thus locate Galgacus in the 
Acanthosominee. 
XII].—Descriptions of Brazilian Coccide. 
By ApoteH Hempet, 8. Paulo, Brazil. 
[Continued from p. 561. ] 
Ceroplastes lucidus, Hempel. 
Adult female scale subglobose; wax brittle, thin, semi- 
transparent, reddish brown to yellowish brown. Dorsal 
nucleus prominent; lateral nuclei inconspicuous; the wax is 
depressed about the nuclei, making the surface rough and 
nodose. Divisions of the plates indistinct or obsclete. In 
the younger specimens the wax is amber-coloured and the 
surface more nodose; in the older specimens the surface 
becomes moreeven. Length 4:75 millim.; width 4°50 millim. ; 
height 3°75 millim. Denuded of wax it is light brown, 
with five small humps, two on each side and one on the 
anterior end. Dorsum convex; derm shiny, hard; caudal 
