Masrur ON New Zealand Coccide. 95 
The only means of distinguishing this from the male of C. perforatus 
seem to be in the test, where the rows of perforated air-cells characteristic 
of that species are absent. a 
9. Ctenochiton spinosus, mihi. 
(Trans., vol. xi., p. 212; vol. xiv., p. 218.) 
I have to add to the habitat of this species the bark of Muhlenbeckia and 
of Melicope ternata. The insect is very difficult to detect, as it is usually of 
almost the same colour as the bark. | 
8. Ctenochiton hymenanthera, sp. nov. 
Figs. 10, 11. 
Test of female waxy, circular, convex, dirty white, yellow, or brownish, 
formed of a number of hexagonal or octagonal segments, which are also 
convex, giving it a rough appearance. Fringe not very conspicuous. 
Diameter of test about 4*; inch. 
Test of male glassy, white, oval, segmented, slightly convex, segments 
of fringe small. Length about yẹ inch. 
Adult female yellowish brown, fitting the test. Antenne (fig. 10) of six 
joints, of which both the second and third seem sometimes double. Foot 
normal; upper digitules long fine hairs, lower pair broad, The spiracular 
spines are strong and conspicuous. The skin is divided into segments 
corresponding to those of the test, the divisions being marked by lines of 
spinneret orifices which are small and simple. 
In the second stage the usual wavy edge of the genus is not generally 
apparent. 
Adult male somewhat thick and short. Antenne (fig. 11) of nine joints, 
the first short and thick, the remainder long and nearly equal: each joint 
after the first has many nodosities from which spring longish hairs. Foot 
long and slender, especially the tibia. Digitules fine hairs. Thoracic band 
inconspicuous. Abdominal spike short and blunt. 
This species is usually accompanied by a great quantity of very black 
fungus covering and rendering unsightly the whole plant on which it lives. 
From Hymenanthera crassifolia. 
This insect seems to be intermediate between C. piperis and C. depressus, 
differing from both in the rugose female test and the distribution of the 
spinneret orifices. : 
4. Ctenochiton piperis, mihi. 
(Trans., vol. xiv., p. 218.) 
The male test of this species is more oval than that of the female, and 
somewhat smaller, averaging about j; inch in length. It is otherwise so 
similar in its divisions, colour, and general appearance, that it cannot be 
mistaken for that of any other species. 
