THE COCCIDAE OF SOUTH AFRICA — n. 139 



96. Furcaspis proteae, sp. n. (Plate vii, fig. 113). 

 Scale in large numbers on trie leaves of different species of Proteaceae. 

 Scale of adult $ similar to that of capensis, but smaller and more brown than red. 

 Average size 1"6 mm. in diameter. 



Male puparium comparatively larger and wider than in capensis. In dry 

 material the exuviae often appear whitish owing to the secretionary layer becoming 

 detached from the pellicle. 



On casual observation the insect itself is extremely like capensis, but differs in 

 the following important particulars : — 

 (a) There are /o?<r pairs of striate lobes instead of three (Fig. 113) ; (b) the posterior 

 four thick conical spines are larger and more conspicuous ; (c) the lobes 

 are longer, more parallel-sided, and narrower than in capensis ; (d) the 

 marginal lobular thickenings beyond the four pairs of lobes usually take 

 the form of four lobules of which the second is generally the largest. 

 Habitat : On leaves of Protea sp., Henops River, Pretoria ; collected by Mr. Mogg, 

 July 1915. On leaves of " beukenhout " {Faurea saligna, Han.), Buffelspoort, 

 Rustenburg District, Transvaal ; collected by F. Thomsen, September 1909. 

 Collection Nos. : 241 and 241a. 



(C478) 



