102 Mr. A. Hempel on Brazilian Coccide. 
209, tibia 156, tarsus 79, claw 26, digitules of claw 48. 
Tarsal digitules long, with slightly expanded ends; digitules 
of claw large, ends round and expanded. Rostrum situated 
between the first pair of legs; rostral loop extending to the 
second pair of legs. Anal plates small, the antero-lateral side 
shorter than the postero-lateral. Anal ring with six hairs. 
Around the lateral margin of the body there is a row of long 
hairs, flattened and fringed at the ends, set rather wide apart, 
and within this another row of shorter jointed hairs. Hach 
stigmatal area is characterized by two very short spines and 
one very long one, curved, and by a double row of thirty to 
fifty round spinnerets extending to the spiracle. The ventral 
surface bears a group of about one hundred round spinnerets 
around the genital opening, as well as many small glands. 
It also bears a double row of six long hairs in front of the 
genital opening and four long and several shorter hairs 
between the antenne and rostrum. 
Larva (just hatched).—Small, elliptical, light yellow ; 
margin slightly serrated, and bearing a few very short hairs. 
Abdomen ends in two plates, each with a long terminal seta. 
Stigmatal areas characterized by one stout spine. Antenne 
apparently of six joints, of which 3 and 6 are about equal. 
Legs short; tarsal digitules long and slender. Digitules of 
claw shorter, of unequal size, ends expanded; claw long, 
slender, slightly curved. ostral loop long, extending to the 
anal plates. Length °356 millim.; width °244 millim. 
Hab. Ypiranga and Sao Paulo. On Eugenia jaboticaba 
and other shrubs of the order Myrtacee. ‘The leaves and 
twigs infested by this species are usually covered with a 
black fungus. 
Pulvinaria depressa, Hempel. 
Adult female brown, with a light yellow median stripe ; 
elliptical, flat, surface wrinkled by slight ridges radiating 
from the central stripe; these ridges are darker than the rest 
of the derm. Below whitish. ‘The dorsal surface is usually 
covered with particles of wax, thus giving it a white appear- 
ance. Length 3°5 millim.; width 2 millim. Ovisac white, 
flat, smooth, sides parallel; no ridges or grooves. Length 
7 millim.; width 2 millim. Boiled in a solution of KOH 
the derm becomes soft and transparent. 
Antenne variable, of eight joints, all bearing hairs. 
Length :346-"391 millim. Length of joints: (1) 35-44, 
(2) 44-53, (3) 70-79, (4) 44-58, (9) 48, (6) 31-85, (7) 26, 
(8) 48-53. Legs ordinary; length of joints of first pair of 
