20 CHAS. K. BRAIN. 



" Adult female — Dried examples sienna brown or dull ockreous ; the pale examples 

 with yellowish mottUngs indicating the position of the derm- cells. Form normal. 

 Antennae of eight segments, the third being much the longest ; last four subequal ; 

 there is a very long hair on the third and fifth, the one on the former the longest. 

 Legs stout ; trochanter about one-third the length of the femur, with a very long 

 apical hair ; digitules to claws and tarsi normal. Derm with very small incon- 

 spicuous glands. Marginal spines short, closely set, truncate, the ends often 

 notched. Stigmatic clefts with pointed spines and two large tubercles. 



" Male puparium, much stained with brown, normal in shape, but thick and un- 

 usually wax-hke in appearance ; dorsal plate with one large central, white, wax- 

 hke felted spot and several brownish tubercles immediately beyond it. Length 2*25 

 mm." 



The following measurements are added for comparison with the other South 

 African species : — 



Antennae 8-jointed ; range in /< : (1) 48-54, (2) 54-68, (3) 102-116, (4) 68-75, 



(5) 61, (6) 31-34, (7) 31-34, (8) 37-41. 



Leg I: coxa 139, femur + trochanter 354, tibia 230, tarsus 108, claw 27yM. 

 Anal plate about 2i0/j. long. 



Habitat: On Trichilia sp., Durban ; collected by A. Kelly, May 1918. 

 Collection No. : 79a. 



216. Pulvinaria lepida, sp. n. 



Adult $ $ with ovisacs clustered on stems and leaves of grass. 



Adult 5 averaging 2 mm. long by TS mm. broad, moderately arched, light brown 

 in colour, dorsum with transverse wrinkles ; marginal area flecked with white 

 wax. Ovisac white, elevated, extending behind the insect for about the length 

 of 5 body, faintly fluted on upper surface. 



Numerous 5$ parasitised. Mounted specimens contain numbers of well 

 developed embryos. 



Antennae variable, of 7 or 8 segments ; terminal joint appearing truncate ; 

 range in ju :— 7-iointed : (1) 34-37, (2) 37-48, (3) 54-65, (4) 70-82, (5) 24-27, (6) 

 24-27, (7) 37-41 ; 8-jointed : (1) 34-37, (2) 44-48, (3) 51-58, (4) 34-41, (5) 44-48,. 



(6) 24-27, (7) 24-27, (8) 37-41. 



Leg I : coxa 78, femur + trochanter 187, tibia 153, tarsus 102, claw 24/i. 



Anal plate about 153/^ long, with 5 comparatively short hairs at the apex. Mar- 

 ginal spines in a single row, simple, pointed, about 41^ long and 20-30// apart, 

 straight or only slightly curved. Stigmatic spines : laterals short, acute ; median 

 stouter, longer, blunt. 



Habitat : On stems and leaves of common veld grass, Standerton and Pretoria 

 (K. Munro). 



Collection Nos. : 139 and 328. 



217. Pulvinaria mesembryanthemi (Vallofc), Sign. (Plate i, fig. 235). 

 Pulvinaria mesembryanthemi, Vail., BuU. de Ferussac, xxii, p. 469, 1830. 

 Calypticus mesembryanthemi, Costa, Ann. Acad. Asp. Naples, p. 273, 1844. 

 Pulvinaria biplicata, Targ., Catalogue, p. 34, 1869. 



Pulvinaria mesembryanthemi, Sign., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) iii, p. 39, 1873. 



