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I may conclude this paper with a synoptical list of New Zealand Coccidse 

 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 poinorum, Lecanium hesperiduni, and one or two other 

 representative species, 



ORDEE— HOMOPTEEA. 

 CLASS— MONOMEEA. 



Family— C OCCidse . 

 Group I. — DiASPiDffi. 

 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. 



a. M. pomorum ... ... ... European. 



b. M. pyriformis 



c. M. cordylinidis 



d. M. drvmydis 



c. M. pliyynatodidis 



i M. metrosideri 



New Zealand. 

 New Zealand. 

 New Zealand. 

 New Zealand. 

 New Zealand. 

 2. Poliaspis. 

 Puparium elongated ; discarded pellicles at eud ; more than 5 groups of 

 spinnerets. 



a. P. media ... ... ... New Zealand. 



3. Aspidiotiis. 

 Puparium round ; discarded pellicles in the centre ; not more than 4 

 groups of spinnerets. 



a. A. epidendri ... ... ... European. 



b. A. atherosijermcB ... ... ... New Zealand. 



c. A. dysoxyli ... ... ... New Zealand. 



d. A. aurantii ... ... ... N.Z. and Australia. 



4. Diaspis. 



Puparium, round or oval ; discarded pellicles at one side ; not more than 

 five groups of spinnerets. 



a. D. ros(E ... ... ... European. 



5. Fiorinia. 



Puparium, oval or elongated ; pellicle of second stage nearly filling the 

 puparium. 



a. Fiorinia astelim* ... ... New Zealand. 



* Pescribed in Transactions, Vol. XI., p. 201, under the name Diaspis gigas. 



