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Circumgenital glands in 4 groups (occasionally in 5) : 

 (0-5) 

 9—14 9—14 

 5—7 5—7 

 Habitat : On banana, Capetown ; on sugar cane, Durban. 

 Collection No. : 160. 



73. Aspidiotus fimbriatus capensis, Newst. (Plate vi, fig. 91). 



Aspidiotus fimbriatus capensis, Newst., Bull. Ent. Res. vii, p. 373, 1917. 



Scale of adult circular, about 2 - 5 to 3 mm. in diameter, moderately convex, 

 pure opaque white. The exuviae are central and normally covered with a thin 

 layer of secretion, through which they appear slightly brownish. When rubbed 

 the second exuviae are dark brown or bronze in old specimens, yellow when younger, 

 with a terminal yellow spot which represents the pygidium. 



Puparium of $ similar in shape, but small, semi-transparent, with yellow exuviae. 



The body of the adult $ is broad pear-shaped or almost circular, with the small 

 pygidium protruding from the one margin. All the anterior part of the body, 

 which is broadly and uniformly rounded, is rather densely chitinised. The free 

 abdominal segments are hyaline. The pygidial margin is almost as dense as the 

 anterior part of the body. The segmentation is very obscure and the segments are 

 hardly indicated at the margin. There are three pairs of well-developed lobes. 

 Lj notched on both margins, the other two being notched on the outer side only. 

 Lj moderately long and broad, with parallel sides and slightly denser than L 2 and L 3 . 

 The dense chitin of the median lobes extends into the pygidium for a distance about 

 equal to the length of the lobes. The space between the median lobes is broad 

 U-shaped and contains two plates almost as wide as P 2 . L 2 and L 3 are of about equal 

 width and are slightly narrower and shorter than L r The plates are of about the 

 same length as the lobes and form a distinct fringe reminding one of Parlatoria. 

 They are broad and + parallel-sided, with their outer margins comb-like. Pygidium 

 as illustrated (fig. 91). Tubular glands present. Circumgenital glands in 4 groups, 

 occasionally in 6 : — 



(0—2) 6—10 6—10 (0—2) 



6—10 6—10 



Formula :— P l5 L 13 2P 2 , L 2 , 3P 3 , L 3 , 8-10P 4 . 



Remarks : This species is more or less similar to A. lauretorum, Lindinger, but 

 is readily distinguished by the pure white opaque scale of the mature $ and the 

 more numerous circumgenital glands. 



Habitat : On Encephalartos sp., Port Elizabeth, OP., Cape No. 1268. Also collected 

 by A. Kelly at St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth, OP., April 1915. Mr. Butters of St. 

 ■George's Park, Port Elizabeth, assures me that this is a native scale brought in with 

 Encephalartos years ago. 

 Collection No. : 200, 



74. Aspidiotus regius, sp. n. (Plate vi, fig. 90). 



Scale of adult $ small, elongate, about l"4.mm. long and 0"7 mm. broad, usually 

 widest about the middle and narrowed to each end ; buff in colour, with brownish 



