﻿Maskell.'— 
  On 
  some 
  Coccidge 
  in 
  Kew 
  Zealand, 
  219 
  

  

  Traversia, 
  Cassinia, 
  etc. 
  I 
  am 
  glad 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  gardener, 
  Mr. 
  Arm- 
  

   strong, 
  has 
  seen 
  the 
  Httle 
  white-eyes 
  (Zosteroios) 
  busily 
  engaged 
  in 
  picking 
  

   them 
  off 
  the 
  plants. 
  

  

  The 
  general 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  female 
  is 
  shown 
  in 
  plate 
  VIII., 
  fig. 
  19«. 
  It 
  is 
  

   pink 
  in 
  colour, 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  meal. 
  It 
  resembles 
  in 
  several 
  particulars 
  

   some 
  of 
  the 
  Dactijlopii 
  described 
  by 
  M. 
  Signoret, 
  but, 
  either 
  in 
  the 
  antennae, 
  

   or 
  in 
  the 
  feet, 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  appendages, 
  differs 
  from 
  them 
  all. 
  The 
  body 
  is 
  pretty 
  

   regularly 
  oval, 
  the 
  segments 
  very 
  distinct 
  ; 
  the 
  appendages 
  are 
  short 
  except 
  

   at 
  the 
  posterior 
  end 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  very 
  long, 
  with, 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  

   them, 
  another 
  somewhat 
  shorter. 
  The 
  two 
  longest 
  surround 
  the 
  hairs 
  of 
  

   the 
  anal 
  tubercles, 
  which 
  are 
  inconspicuous, 
  and 
  between 
  them 
  is 
  visible 
  

   the 
  white 
  pencil 
  of 
  meal 
  surrounding 
  the 
  anal 
  sets. 
  

  

  The 
  interior 
  substance 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  expressed 
  for 
  mounting, 
  appears 
  to 
  

   be 
  very 
  oily, 
  at 
  least 
  containing 
  great 
  numbers 
  of 
  oil 
  globules. 
  The 
  

   antennae, 
  in 
  the 
  adult 
  female, 
  have 
  eight 
  joints, 
  fig. 
  19b, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  3rd 
  

   and 
  8th 
  are 
  the 
  longest, 
  the 
  6th 
  and 
  7th 
  the 
  shortest. 
  Each 
  joint 
  has 
  

   several 
  hairs. 
  The 
  mentum 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  tri-articulate, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  few 
  

   hairs 
  at 
  its 
  tip 
  ; 
  the 
  rostral 
  setse 
  are 
  long. 
  On 
  the 
  legs 
  the 
  coxa 
  and 
  femur 
  

   are 
  thick; 
  the 
  tibia, 
  much 
  thinner, 
  is 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   tarsus; 
  the 
  upper 
  digitules, 
  fig. 
  19c, 
  are 
  not 
  very 
  long; 
  the 
  lower 
  are 
  

   narrow 
  and 
  about 
  equal 
  to 
  the 
  claw. 
  

  

  The 
  anal 
  tubercles 
  are 
  inconspicuous; 
  each 
  has 
  a 
  few 
  hairs, 
  of 
  which 
  

   one 
  is 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  others, 
  and 
  two 
  conical 
  spines. 
  The 
  anal 
  ring 
  has 
  

   six 
  hairs. 
  These 
  details 
  are 
  shown 
  in 
  fig. 
  19c/. 
  

  

  The 
  young 
  insect 
  differs 
  slightly. 
  The 
  antennse 
  have 
  six 
  joints, 
  the 
  

   sixth 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  others, 
  which 
  are 
  about 
  equal. 
  The 
  

   tibia 
  is 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  tarsus. 
  (According 
  to 
  M. 
  Signoret, 
  this 
  character 
  

   affords 
  the 
  means 
  of 
  judging 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  any 
  insect 
  of 
  the 
  group 
  Coccidse. 
  

   Whenever 
  the 
  tarsus 
  is 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  tibia 
  the 
  insect 
  is 
  in 
  an 
  early 
  stage). 
  

   The 
  anal 
  tubercles 
  are 
  somewhat 
  more 
  prominent 
  than 
  in 
  tlie 
  adult, 
  giving 
  

   the 
  insect 
  an 
  appearance 
  of 
  having 
  been 
  cut 
  off 
  square 
  at 
  the 
  end. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  not 
  the 
  male 
  of 
  this 
  species. 
  

  

  Dactylopius 
  glaucus, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  (?) 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  differs 
  from 
  the 
  last 
  in 
  its 
  colour, 
  which 
  is 
  light 
  green, 
  and 
  

   in 
  having 
  a 
  less 
  regularly 
  oval 
  line 
  ; 
  the 
  abdominal 
  region 
  runs 
  more 
  to 
  a 
  

   point. 
  The 
  antenna, 
  feet, 
  etc., 
  resemble 
  those 
  of 
  1). 
  calceolaricd. 
  My 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  are 
  from 
  Pittosponnn 
  erKjeniuicles 
  and 
  Eiibiis 
  aiistralis. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  one 
  specimen 
  which 
  appears 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  male 
  in 
  an 
  early 
  stage. 
  

   In 
  outline 
  it 
  resembles 
  a 
  female, 
  but 
  the 
  rostrum 
  is 
  absent, 
  and 
  at 
  each 
  side 
  

   there 
  is 
  a 
  protuberance 
  which 
  seems 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  rudiments 
  of 
  the 
  wings. 
  

  

  