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Aspidiotus {s. sir.) panici, n. sp. 



Scale of female pinkish-grey and slightly elongated, narrower at one end 

 than at the other ; exuviae golden-yellow, situated towards the broader end 

 and partly covered by secretion. Ventral scale complete. 



Adult female' slightly longer than broad. Pygidium large, abdominal 

 segments contracted drawing in the pygidium. Body hyaline except the 

 pygidium which is somewhat chitinised especially at the apex. 



Antenna consists of a tubercle, notched at apex and bearing a long curved 

 seta near its base. No parastigmatic pores. 



Three pairs of lobes. Median lobes largest each with a stout basal 

 piece projecting well into the pygidium ; placed close together the 

 mesal sides diverging slightly towards the apex ; apex rounded with a 

 slight angle on the mesal side ; lateral side with one or two conspicuous 

 notches. 



Second lobes with sides parallel towards the base, convergent towards 

 apex with a lateral notch. Third lobes small, broader than long, sides of 

 equal length, apex truncate and sometimes with a small apical point. 

 Pygidium laterad of the third lobes coarsely lobate. 



Pectina between median lobes, 1 or 2 between median and second lobes, 

 o between second and third ; all shortly pronged at the apex. A long, 

 stout, straight seta laterad of the median lobes and projecting well beyond 

 the lobes ; shorter setee laterad of second and third lobes and on the 

 pygidia margin. Dorsal pores small. Anus considerably caudad of vagina, 

 long and narrow. 



Circumgenital pores (7 and 7) (5 and 6) ; body contains young with 

 mouth-setfe well developed. 



Under the leaf-sheaths of Panicum incinatum, Peradeniya, Ceylon, July 

 1914. 



Parlatoria zeylanica, n. sp. 



Adult insect slightly longer than broad and broadly rounded at the 

 anterior end. Abdominal segments distinct. Pygidium slightly chitinised, 

 its base showing a faint tessellation. Antenna consists of a small tubercle 

 bearing a long seta. Between antennae and cephalad of mouth-parts are 

 some 5 or 6 tubercles, each bearing a seta at the apex. Pygidium with 

 three pairs of lobes. Median lobes with sides parallel to near apex, then 

 notched, the apex low and rounded ; the lateral margin may have two 

 notches. Second lobes similar but shorter. Third lobes broadly triangular 

 and serrated at the apex. 



Pectinse 2 (between median lobes) 2, 3, and cephalad of the third lobe, 

 three more. One of the fimbriations of the pectinje is usually much longer 

 than the rest. A long seta laterad of median lobes, and shorter ones on 

 and laterad of each of the second and third lobes. Broad, parlatoria- 

 like gland-pores, one between the first and second, and between the 

 second and third lobes, and two laterad of the third lobes ; each set 

 in a deep notch and with edges strongly chitinised. No circumgenital 

 pores. 



Anus on a level with a line joining the anterior lateral extremities of the 

 pygidium. Few dorsal pores ; about eight or nine scattered over the 

 pygidium, large. A few similar gland-pores on the lateral margins of the 

 abdominal and thoracic segments and four on the middle region of the 

 segment in front of the pygidium, two on each side. 



Internal part of gland-tube very short, broader than long. 



Associated with Chionaspis simplex, Gr., and Aspidiotus secretus, Gr., on a 

 "small bamboo," Peradeniya, August 1914. 

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