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Body covered with small pores (? wax-tubes). 



Eyes are prominent and lie just lateral of the base of the antennse. 

 Antennae with six segments, the third very long and sometimes showing 

 traces of subdivision ; legs slender ; tibia plus tarsus long, longer than 

 femur, tarsus as long as tibia. Claw sharp, tarsal and ungual hairs 

 present. Femur comparatively stout, relatively broader than in Green's 

 figure of L. piperis, Gr. Anal plates as in L. jnperis, but broader in comparison 

 with their length. They are broadest in their caudal half. 



Stigmatic spines thin, one longest, taper slowly to apex and are some- 

 times slightly constricted at the base ; they are set in a deep notch ex- 

 panded inwardly as in L. piperis, Gr. Marginal setse simple, rather longer 

 and stouter than in L. piperis, Gr. 



Anal ring with eight setae. Margin of space containing anal plates with 

 a row of gland-like structures. 



Body of parent contains young with well-developed mouth-setae. 



Larvae purplish. 



On stem and branches of Litsea longifolia, Peradeniya, 22nd August 1914:. 



This insect falls near L. piperis, Gr., from which however it has many 

 points of difference. 



Neolecanium pseudolece, n. sp. 



Adult black or dark-brown, about 2-.50 mm. long, longer than broad, 

 acuminate, but usually not symmetrically so, towards the anterior end. 

 Dorsum tubercled and with a thin coating of white wax ; insect rather flat. 



The insect resists prolonged boiling in 10 per cent. KoH so that few struc- 

 tures can be made out. The margin of the body and of the anal cleft is 

 more heavily chitinised than the rest of the body. The derm is thickly 

 studded with irregularly-shaped, translucent areas. The anal plates are 

 longer than broad, the lateral margin a continuous curve. Marginal sette 

 are long, simple and stout and are set at fairly wide intervals ; there are 

 also shorter setae, Stigmatic spines are set on margin, two or three, one 

 larger than the others ; sometimes of three lengths. Parastigmatic pores 

 mesal of the stigmatic spines. 



Larvae with a distinct caudal notch, its lateral sides each with a com- 

 paratively large, crescentic, fairly conspicuous plate. Anus at base of plate. 

 Two anal setae to be made out. A long setae at the apex of each plate and 

 a long, stout, backwardly directed seta on the mai-gin opposite each stigma. 



what is probably another but younger form of the sam.e insect occurs on 

 the same tree. It is of the same shape. The dorsum sometimes possesses 

 a median, longitudinal ridge with transverse ridges running out from this ; 

 the dorsum is covered with a thin, white bloom that is often however 

 absent from the median region. Some are tabular. 



The derm possesses numerous, conspicuous, circular or oval clear areas. 

 There is a submarginal band of more or less circular plates of chitin each 

 showing concentric layers. The marginal setae are long, stout and simple. 

 Stigmatic spines two or three, one longer than the others ; the tw*^ shortest 

 tapering and sharp at apex ; parastigmatic pores as above. 



Anal plates as above. Antennal segments rather indistinct, but seven or 

 eight, probably eight segments, the fourth being very short ; legs well 

 developed ; tibia but slightly longer than tarsus ; tarsus showing traces of 

 two lines of subdivision. Claw hooked at apex, sharp, broad at base. 

 Length of mounted insect about 3 mm. 



On branches of Cinnamon, Peradeniya, Ceylon, July 1914. This insect 

 in microscopical characters resembles *S'. obae more than it does any insect 

 with which the writer is acquainted. The appearance of the fresh insect, 

 however, is quite different. 



