274 E. T. Atkinson— On the Eomo;pterous Family Coccidse. [N"©. 3, 



Although no species of this sub-family has been recorded from 

 India, we may reasonably expect to find the following or their repre- 

 sentatives. 



Aspidiotus aloes, Boisd,, on Aloe umbellata [Sign., A. S. (5 ser.) ix, p. 114, 1869.] 



„ huddleice, Sign., on Buddleia salicina [Sign,, 1. c. 115.] 



„ caldesii, Targ., on Daphne collina [Sign., 1. c. 116]. 



„ ceratonia, Sign., on Ceratonia siliqua [1. c. 118]. 



„ chamceropsis, Sign., on species of Chamcerops [1. c. 118]. 



„ destructor, Targ., on palms, guavas [1. c. 121]. 



„ nerii, Bouclie, on Nerium oleander [1. c. 126]. 



„ pandani, Boisd., on species of Pandanus [1. c. 131]. 



„ palmarum, Bonche, on species of Chamcerops [1. c. 131]. 



„ hicarinatus, "Walker, from China [1. o. x, 107]. 



Diaspis hoisduvalii, Sign., on orchids [1. c. ix, 432]. 

 „ hromelics, Kerner, on pine-apple [1. c. 434]. 

 Fiorinia pellucida, Sign., on Areca palm [1. c. 449]. 



Snb-family Brachyscelina. 



Brachysaiides, Sign., A. S. E. F. (4 ser.) ix, p. 100 (1869) ; (5 ser.) vi. p. 591 

 (1876). 



This sub-family was created by Signoret to contain several genera 

 from New South Wales described by Schrader [Trans. Ent. Soc. Sydney, 

 i (i), p. 1, 1863] and which live in galls or tubes on the Eucalyptus 

 and other allied trees. The greater number of the galls of Brachyscelis 

 were found on JE. Tioemostoma, though E. corymbosa and Angophora 

 lanceolata were also infested by them. In Bracliyscelis, the galls of the 

 cf are trumpet- shaped and, in the figure given by Schrader, are attached 

 to the underside of the leaf, whilst those of the 9 are of an elongated 

 bell-shape, with a cap which falls off when the gall arrives at maturity, 

 and are usually placed on the small branches. At the end of this gall is 

 found an opening or notch such as might be made by a knife and 

 through it the ? receives air and also the larvas escape. The two 

 abdominal setae of the ? appear through this orifice, which is always 

 surrounded with a white farinose secretion. The larva is flat, nearly 

 transparent, and of a yellow colour : the sides are furnished with hairs 

 arranged in one row and there are two long anal setae : the antennae are 

 about half the length of the body, 7-jointed and each armed at the 

 tip with two small and two long hairs : tarsi 3-jointed, the last joint 

 with a claw, which is also furnished with some small hairs. The adult 

 oT is about two lines long, of a yellow colour and has one-jointed 

 tarsi ending in two claws, one being stronger than the other : the 

 anal setae are nearly twice as long as the body ; the wings contain two 

 longitudiual veins : antennae with ten-joints, which are neither very 



