CHAS. K. BRAIN. 



(3) $ scale somewhat elongate, brown ; L x rounded ; P 4 very long (fig. 90) 



(4) ? scale very small conical; L, broad, rounded (fig. 87) . . 1^^ 



(5) ? scale white with radial striae, exuviae yellow; L, chitinous L and L 



smnlarm shape but ± colourless (fig. 89). .. * A. tran Sp 22,tet 

 aa. L x not extended so far back as L 2 . 



(6) ? scale transparent, yellowish ; L x almost as long as L 3 (fig. 88) 



(7) $ scale buff ; L, deeply recessed and much smaller than L 2 (fig. 8^' ^ 



B. Pygidium with four pairs of lobes. *' ** ^ *' 



(8) L 2 , L 3 and L 4 rudimentary ; P long, forked (fig. 85) . . A. furdUae, sp. n. 



69. Aspidiotus hederae (Vail.) Sign. (Plate vi, fig. 84). 



™ wTT^ ° f tMS Sp6CieS is extensiv *- The following list includes perhaps 



most of the different specific names which have been applied to it •_ ? ? ' 



Aspidiotus affinis, Targ., 1869 ; A. aloes, Sign., 1869 ; A. bouchei, Bar., 1849 ■ 



;7;j s ; gn v 876 ; A - ™ aton ™> ^-> 1869 ; A - o/— ^, s ig n.; 



Sil ' 1869 T ; g w' 1869 ; A - epideVdri B0UC ^' 1844 ! A '^ae 

 S fn" 869 ' A T\ ■ « 6StW -' 184 ° ; A - ffni(M > ^ 1869 ! A - *** 



tfurm., 1835 4 ofe^n, Colv., 1882; A. osmanthi, Sign., 1869- 

 A. transvaalensis, Leon., 1914 ; A. villosus, Sign 1869 

 C%™ ahes, Boisd 1867 ; 0. cycadicola, Boisd., 1867; 0. Merae , Vail., 1829 ■ 

 G. osmanthi, Vail., 1829. ' 



Bias-pis obliquus, Costa, 1835. 



This may be accounted for, to some extent, by the large variety of plants unon 

 which the insect thrives, and by the variability of the irU itseff. iTa genera" 

 from ttTo ro K ^U is /PP— tely circular, moderately robust^" ^ 



exu" a e m f "t^o ** f 7ell0Wlsh t0 pale brown in co ^ *& vellol 

 exuviae. TV hen young the ? scale is white, as is also the $ puparium In soml 



Stl tir ? ^1 are intem ^ ,ed ' but * - commonly nftL'Zuhe majoX 



The^i J t "Z v ^ ^IT ° f the leaVGS aM the * P U P a " a - tbe W 

 the 9 sea e t ten T^ ^^ ° n dlfeeilt ^-plants. Thus on oleander 



proba ? bly1 75 1 ^ " ^^ ' °* **> -*""* tbe <™»#> - is 



atSouflh! Se^T? ± r Ukr t ° 1 br0ad P-^Pe* its broadest part being 

 free abl^n.Ttl J ^ * ^ ^ *" Pygidial auu K Lft da * er - Thf 



SJSZiirr dlstmct in young forms ' but oWed ^ ^ ™y 



vZt\ Cl Zt ^ m T ted thG b ° dy is ^ aline ' and the mouth-parts and pygidium 

 yellowish There are three pairs of lobes, which are variable. The median loZ 

 are typcafiy strong, with their inner faces straight but sloping backwardtl tha 

 the space between them is slightly broader at the base thanVthe oZ end The 



