MaskELL.—On New Zealand Coccide. 299 
I may conclude this paper with a synoptical list of New Zealand Coccidm 
as far as I have described them as yet; excluding all those species, chiefly 
European, which abound in our gardens and greenhouses, with the excep- 
tion of Mytilaspis pomorum, Lecanium hesperidum, and one or two other 
representative species, | 
ORDER—HOMOPTERA, 
CLASS—MONOMERA, 
Family—Coccide. 
Group I.—Duspiwz. 
Insects enclosed in, or covered by, a test or puparium, composed partly 
of discarded pellicles of earlier stages, partly of secreted fibres; females, 
apodous in later stages. 
1. Mytilaspis. | 
Puparium elongated; discarded pellicles at one end; not more than 5 
groups of spinnerets. 
8. M. pomorum «e xd iis European. 
b. M. pyriformis — ... phá i New Zealand. 
c. M. cordylinidis ... - Sue New Zealand. 
d. M. drimydis "i xe fee New Zealand. 
e. M. phymatodidis ... A zi New Zealand. 
Í M.metrosideri — ... a ES: New Zealand. 
. Poliaspis. 
Puparium elongated ; discarded pellicles at end; more than 5 groups of 
spinnerets. 
ve ias New Zealand. 
9. Aspidiotus. 
Puparium round; discarded pellicles in the centre; not more than 4 
a. P. media 
groups of spinnerets. 
a. A, epidendri ‘= m ost European. 
b. A. atherosperma ... LE xxm New Zealand. 
e. A. dysoayli 515 s ids New Zealand. 
d. A. aurantii ME C NE AR N.Z. and Australia, 
4. Diaspis. 
Puparium, round or oval ; discarded pellicles at one side ; not more than 
five groups of spinnerets. 
a. D. rose 
5. Fiorinia: : 
Puparium, oval or elongated ; pellicle of second stage nearly filling the 
puparium. 
a. Fiorinia astelia* -r ea New Zealand. 
* Described in Transactions, Vol. XI., p. 201, under the name Diaspis gigas. 
