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47. Aspidiotus (Chrysomphalus) ficus Ashm. 



Aspidiotus (Chrysomphalus) ficus Riley & Ashmead, Amer. Ent., 1880, p. 

 267. Craw, Rept. Calif. State Bd. Hort., 1895-96, p. 34. Maskell, 

 Proc. Sz; Trans. New Zealand Inst., Vol. XXIX, 1896, p. 297; Ent. Mon. 

 Mag., Vol. XXXIII, 1897, p. 241. 



This species was found by the author on Asfaragus 

 plumosus, Machilus thimbergii (Inu-gusu), and Mango in 

 Tokyo; on Aspidistra lurida and Ligustrum jafonicum 

 (Nezumi-mochi) in Yokohama. A. Craw, San Francisco, 

 had previously recorded it on Ilex latifolia and Aspidistra 

 hirida from Japan, and A. Koebele had also found it on 

 Qtierctis cus-pidata in Japan. 



48. Aspidiotus (Chrysomphalus) kelloggi, sp. nov. 



Plate XII, Figs. 72-74. 



Scale of Female.— The scale of the female is circular, convex, with exuviae 

 on one side of the center; the portion of the first skin is indicated by a nipple- 

 like prominence which is coal black; the part of the scale covering the second 

 skin is black; the remainder of the scale is brown, varying from a reddish 

 brown to almost black. The scale measures 2 mm. to 3 mm. in diameter. 

 The ventral scale is distinct; dark brown. 



Fernale.—The body of the mature female is globose, pale yellow, the last 

 abdominal segment is yellow, and presents the following characters:— 



There are four groups of spinnerets. Anterior laterals vary from 11 to 17; 

 the posterior laterals from 12 to 14. The number varies on opposite sides of 

 the same individual. There are three pairs of well developed lobes; they 

 are subequal, the lateral sides are sloping and serratulate. Plates distinct, 

 small, shorter than lobes, fringed. Between the first pair of lobes are two 

 small plates; between the first and second lobes of each side are two, and 

 between the second and third lobes are three similar plates; one plate laterad 

 of the third lobe. The body-wall is furnished with six thickenings on each 

 side of the meson. These thickenings are long, somewhat club-shaped, the 

 anterior part being enlarged and rounded. There is one terminating the 

 base of each margin of each lobe. Those ending at the base of the lateral 

 margins of the first lobes, and between the second and third lobes, are much 

 longer than the others. There are three spines, one at the middle of the 

 base of each lobe, and two more beyond the third lobe. 



Found by the author in Higuma-yama, Chikujo-gun, 

 Kiushiu, The name of the host is unknown. 



This species is allied to Aspidiotus sphcerioides CklL, but 

 may be easily distinguished from that species by having 

 only two pairs of spinnerets. 



