LMPERIAL BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY. 



BULLETIN 



OF 



ENLOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH 



Vol. XI. 



1920. 



THE COCCIDAE OF SOUTH AFRICA— V.* 



By Chas. K. Brain, D.Sc. 



Division of Entomology, Pretoria, South Africa, 



(Plates I-IV.) 



CONTENTS. page 



Subfamily Lecaniinae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 



Key to Genera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 



Genus Lecanium, Burm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 



,, Saissetia, Deplan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 



,, Hemilecanium, Newst. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 



,, Aclerda, Sign. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 



„ Allopulvinaria, gen. noY. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 16 



„ Protopulvinaria, Ckll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 



„ Pulvinaria, Targ. . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . 17 



„ Ceronema, Mask. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 



„ Lichtensia, Sign. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 



,, Filippia, Targ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 



„ Conofilippia, gen. no v. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 



,, Ceroplastes, Gray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 



,, Inglisia, Mask. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 



,, Cryptinglisia, Ckll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 



„ Parafairmairea, Ckll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 



,, Ceroplastodes, Ckll. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 



,, Idiosaissetia, gen. nov. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 



„ Memhranaria, gen. nov. . . . . . . . . . . . . . , 41 



Subfamily Lecaniinae. 

 This subfamily comprises a large number of genera, which are, as a rule, easily 

 distinguished by the presence or absence of secretionary matter in one form or 

 another. All agree, however, in having the anal ring with a number of hairs and, 



further, in having the hind margin cleft. The anal ring is covered above by a pair 

 of more or less triangular plates which are usually densely chitinised. The eighteen 

 genera known to be represented in South Africa are tabulated below : — 



*For Part II, sse Bull. Ent. Res. ix, p. 107; Part III, op. ciL ix, p. 197; Part IV, 

 op. cit, X, p. 95. 



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