300 Transactions. — Zoology. 



Group II. — Lecanids. 

 Females retaining feet and antenna ; abdomen cleft at extremity, with 

 two protruding lobes ; antennae generally with seven joints. 

 Subsection l.—Lecaniam. 

 Females naked ; often vivaparous. 



a. L. hesperidum ... ... European. 



Subsection 2 . — Pulvinaria. 

 Females naked ; forming cocoons for eggs. 



a. P. camelUcola ... ... European. 



Subsection 3. — Lecanio-diaspidcc. 

 Females covered by test, waxy or glassy, usually fringed ; generally in 

 last stage female shrivelling up at one end of the test. 



a. Ctenocliiton 2^erforatas ... ... New Zealand. 



b. Cteno chiton viridis ... ... New Zealand. 



c. C'tenocJiiton sjnnosus ... ... New Zealand. 



d. CtenocJiiton elongatiis ... ... New Zealand. 



e. Inglisia patella ... ... New Zealand. 



Group III. — CocciD^. 



Females naked, or covered with secretion of cottony fibres or meal ; 



mentum, bi- or tri- articulate ; abdomen ending in more or less conspicuous 



anal tubercles. 



Subsection 1. — Coccida.. 



Antennse of not more than eight joints. 



a. Acanthococcus vmltisjnnus ... New Zealand. 



b. Eriococcus araitcaricB ... ... New Zealand. 



c. Eriococcus hohericB ... ... New Zealand. 



d. Dactylop)ius calceolarias ... ... New Zealand. 



e. Dactylopius glaucus ... ... New Zealand. 



f. Dactylopius poo, ... ... New Zealand. 



Subsection 2. — Monophlebidm. 

 Antennae of eleven joints. 



a. Icerya purchasi ... ... New Zealand. 



b. Ccelostoma zcelandicum ... ... New Zealand. 



To the above I may add the following insects, connected in my papers 



with the Coccidffi : — ■ 



OEDEE— HOMOPTERA. 



CLASS— DIMEEA. 



Family— Aleyrodid^. 



Aleyrodes. 



Four wings, covered with white meal, in both sexes ; antennae with six 



joints ; tarsus two-jointed, 



