294 E. T. Atkinson — On the Homopterous Family Coccidae. [No. 3, 



Adult cf piceons black, abdomen and pronotnm fuscous flesh^ 

 coloured, scutellum whitish : wings piceous with two hyaline-white 

 lines : antennae very long 25- jointed (?) : abdomen flat, incised at the 

 apex, the five last segments emitting on each side a long pilose appen- 

 dage (increasing in length) (Westw.) Body long, 7 : last lateral appen- 

 dage 2 : antennae 8| : exp. teg. 16| millims. 



Reported from Malabar, Pondi cherry, 



MONOPHLEBUS SAUNDERSII, Wcstwood. 



Monophlelus saundersii, Westw., Arc. Ent. i, p. 22 (1845) : Walker, List Horn. 

 B. M. iv, p. 1089 (1851) : Sign., A. S. E. F. (5 ser.) v, p. 367 (1875). 



Allied to M. hurmeisteri, Westw., but much smaller, covered with 

 a white-farinose powder and with the lateral appendages of the abdomen 

 shorter : head, antennae, feet and dorsum of thorax brunneous-f uscous ; 

 sides of thorax and the abdomen testaceous flesh-colour, the latter 

 furnished on each side with four short, hairy, lateral appendages, the 

 basal very small, the apical longer and between them two about one 

 half smaller than the last, wings fuscous, posterior margin dilated, with 

 two hyaline- white lines : genital organ stout, cylindrical, curved, longer 

 than the apical appendages, thicker at the apex and truncated {Westw.) » 

 Body long, 4 — 5 : exp. teg. 14 — 15 millims. 



Reported from K". India. 



MONOPHLEBUS BURMEISTERI, WcstwOod. 



Monophlehus lurmeisteri, Westw., Arc. Ent. i, p. 22, t, 6, f. 2 (1845) : Walker, 

 List Horn. B. M. iv, p. 1089 (1851) : Sign., A. S. E. F. (5 ser.) v, p. 367 (1875). 



Adult S piceous-black ; pronotum and abdomen fuscous flesh- 

 colour ; scutellum and a band between the wings, whitish : wings 

 broad, piceous, a little paler at the base, and with two hyaline- white 

 lines : antennae longer than the body : abdomen with five long, hairy 

 appendages on each side. Differs from M. leachii, Westw., in its shorter 

 wings, posterior margin more rounded and longer abdominal filaments 

 {Westw.). Body long, 5 — 6 : cum teg. 16 : exp. teg. 13-14 millims. 



Locality unknown but most probably N. India. 



The following geriiera belonging to the sub-family Coccina are for 

 various reasons not yet arranged under any group : — GallipapjpuSf 

 Guerin; PorphyropJiora, 'Brdbudt ; Ma7'g ar odes ^ Guilding ; Ortheziaj Bosc ; 

 Walkeriana, Sigri. ; Llaveia, Sign. 



OalUpappus, Guerin, has the eyes with facettes found in the genus 

 Monophlehus and the anterior feet are like the rest : it has numerous 

 fragile filamentary appendages secreted by the two penultimate seg- 

 ments as in Porphyrophora. The d has antennae with 11 joints, some- 



