Mr. A. Hempel on Brazilian Coccide. 109 
Larva (just hatched).—Flat, ovate, light yellow, :262 
millim. long and °178 millim. wide. Antenne long, slender, 
wrinkled as in Asprdiotus. Legs short. The sides of the 
abdomen are notched; the derm is transversely wrinkled. 
The median pair of abdominal lobes are wide, large, and 
serrated. The abdominal sete are short. 
Hab. Ypiranga, State of 8. Paulo. On the upperside of 
leaves of Myrcia sp. Usually placed along the midrib of the 
leaf. 
Genus D1aspris, Costa. 
Diaspis australis, Hempel. 
Scale of adult female white, opaque, oblong to subcircular 
in outline, very convex, about 2°75 millim. long. Pellicles 
light brown, usually exposed, placed near the margin. 
Male scale white, narrow, unicarinate, forming a complete 
sac, inflated anteriorly and depressed posteriorly. Pellicle 
light brown. Length 1°50 millim. . 
Adult female yellowish, the posterior end of the abdomen 
light brown; oval, widest anteriorly, the three segments 
before the pygidium produced laterally. Pygidium with 
three pair of lobes; the median pair wide apart, large, the 
inner margins diverging, and entire or slightly crenulated, 
the outer margins partly united with the body-wall. The 
second pair short and usually bilobed, but sometimes tri- 
lobed. ‘The third pair bilobed. ‘There are also two pair of 
short tooth-like projections laterad of the third pair of lobes. 
There is one large plate with incised end on each side, 
between the first and second lobes, one between the second 
and third lobes, and two or three laterad of the third lobes; 
aside from these there are also about twenty simple cone-like 
plates on each side. The segment next to the pygidium 
bears about twenty-two of these plates on each side, and the 
next segment bears about ten. Between the median lobes 
there are two sharp hairs. The pygidium and the other 
abdominal segments bear numerous large and small tubular 
glands. The circumgenital glands are present in five groups, 
the anterior median varying from fifteen to twenty-eight, the 
anterior laterals from seventeen to forty-five, and the poste- 
rior laterals from seventeen to thirty-two. About each 
spiracle there are twenty to twenty-five round spinnerets. 
The derm is transversely striated and bears a few short hairs. 
The antenne are present as small tubercles with one hair. 
Hab. Ypiranga, State of S. Paulo. On the twigs of a 
bush of the order Myrtacez. 
Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser 7. Vol. viii. 9 
