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do not project beyond the lobes. There is a broad gland-pore between 

 the median and second, and the second and third lobes, and two on the 

 pygidium cephalad of the third lobes ; the duct is short and broad, almost 

 as broad as the incision. 



On the under surface of leaves of Cinnamon, Peradeniya. This insect 

 has a distinct resemblance to P. atalantice, Gr. The colouration of the 

 scale however is different, the lobes are longer and the plates stouter. 

 Lobes and plates are grouped more closely than in Green's figure of P. 

 atalantice, and I have never seen the third lobe as there represented. 



A very similar insect occurs on the leaves of Vitis sp. Sterculia thwaitesii 

 and Polyalthia sp. 



In insects from Vitis the lobes are more prominently notched and there 

 are 3 or 4 plates between the second and third lobes. The lobes of the 

 second exuvium are all notched on the mesal and lateral sides, the mesal 

 notch visually being situated caudad of the lateral ; a short band of yellow 

 chitin, probably representing a fold, runs meso-cephalad on each side from 

 the base of the pj^gidium which is somewhat retracted. The larva has two 

 pairs of distinct lobes. The insects are attached by chalcids. 



In insects from Sterculia the plates are not quite so long as in Cinnamon, 

 and their shape is not constant, varying on the two sides of the one 

 pygidium. There are sometimes four plates between the second and third 

 lobes, one or more of them apparently devoid of the apical prolongation. 



Insects from Polyalthia show three pectinsB between the second and 

 third lobes. 



If these insects are identical with P. atalantice, Gr., this insect is much 

 more variable than Green has represented it. 



Farlatoria, sp. 



Female scale circular, Aspidiotus-like ; exuvise greenish yellow, the 

 second less than twice the length of the first ; axes of exuvise not in a 

 straight line often inclined to each other at a high angle ; first exuvium 

 with a distinct median ridge : secretion greyish-white. 



Head and thoracic segments occupy the major part of the body ; abdomi- 

 nal segments contracted pulling the pygidium somewhat into the body ; 

 anterior end broadly rounded; pygidium very slightly chitinised. Five 

 pairs of lobes. Median lobes longer than broad, widening distally, each 

 side with a prominent notch near the apex, apex rounded. Second lobes 

 longer than broad, rounded at apex, distinctly notched on the lateral side, 

 indistinctly so on the mesal side. Third lobe similar to second but smaller. 

 Fourth lobe triangular, longer than broad, sharply pointed and serrated on 

 the lateral side. Fifth lobe similar to fourth but smaller. Pectinse two 

 between median lobes, two between median and second lobes, three between 

 second and third lobes, three between third and fourth, four between fotirth 

 and fifth and two laterad of fifth. 



Segments in front of pygidium with stout, triangular, plate-like projec- 

 tions. Marginal pore between median lobes, one between median and 

 second, one between second and third, two between third and fourth, the 

 mesal being the smaller, three between fourth and fifth ; all pores with 

 broad chitinous rim. Internal gland tube more than twice as long as 

 broad and of about the same width throughout. Five or six rows each of 

 three or four dorsal pores extending a short distance cephalad of the 

 margin of the pygidium on each side of the middle line. Anus longer than 

 broad, caudad of a line joining the fifth lobes. Vagina near the base of 

 the pygidium. A seta laterad of each lobe. A single circumgenital pore 

 in the position of the cephalo-lateral group of one side. Body contains 

 larvae with well-developed mouth-setee and two pairs of lobes. Anterior 



