Masxeti.—On some Coccida in New Zealand. 918 
. feet are long; the coxa thick, femur thick and twice as long, tibia and 
tarsus narrow but equal in length to the femur; upper digitules short; I 
have not seen the lower pair. Fig. 15d. 
The abdominal lobes, rostrum and mentum as usual, 
The body, fig. 15b, is edged with a row of strong bristly spines, seemingly 
hollow, starting each from a distinct tubercular root, and set close together. 
Each spine is slightly curved, and the whole row gives the insect something 
of the look of Dactylopius citri, Signoret, a similarity which is at once seen 
to be deceptive on comparing the species. 
The test is thin and waxy, and does not appear to be subdivided into 
segments as in C. perforatus; but my specimens are so much covered with 
fungoid growth that I cannot make this out with certainty. The fringe is 
composed of feather-like segments, much narrower than in the other species. 
Each feather corresponds to, and covers, a spine of the body. See figs. 15b 
and 15c. 
T have not a specimen of the male. 
I come now to another genus, which I believe to be also new. It was 
brought to me first by Mr. J. Inglis, from whom I have named it; but I 
have since found it on Coprosma in Ricearton Bush. 
I include this genus in the Lecanio-diaspide, on account of the test and 
the presence of the abdominal lobes, but it differs from Ctenochiton in the 
shape of the test and the absence of segmental fringe. 
Inguisia, gen. nov. 
I have as yet only one species of this genus, which presents one or two 
remarkable characters. Exteriorly it resembles very much in shape a 
limpet, from which I have given it the specific name of 
10. Inglisia patella, sp. nov. 
Plate VII., fig. 16. 
The test is whitish, glassy, limpet-shaped, marked with istic strie ; 
the stris, on examination, prove to be composed of rows of oval perfora- 
tions containing air. They give to the test, which is composed of several 
corrugations, a very elegant appearance—fig. 16a. The insect, test and all, 
reaches j to y inch in diameter. The height is about one-third of the 
length. 
The female insect, fig. 16/, corresponds in shape to the test, filling it 
entirely. In this state the antenne and feet are scarcely to be made out, 
but on maceration in potash and subsequent pressure the underside presents 
the appearance shown in fig. 16b. The wavy edge spoken of above is here 
visible, and it is seen that the curves of the body correspond with the cor- 
rugations of the test. The antenns are very short, and, as far as I have 
` observed, have only six joints, but I may be in error in this, as the Lecanida 
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