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the broadly-trilobed L v L 2 and L 3 , and the fringe of broad fimbriated plates ; L 4 is 

 small, sharply pointed (fig. 130). Circumgenital glands in 4 groups : — ■ 



6—10 6—10 



6—8 6—8 



Formula : P 1; L v 2P 2 , L„ 3P 3 , L 3 , 3P 4 , L 4 , 3P 5 . 



Habitat : On croton, Grahamstown ; collected by A. Kelly, March 1915. Also 



at Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, Durban, Johannesburg and Pretoria (in greenhouses). 



Collection No. : 281. 



112. Parlatorea proteus (Curtis) (Plate xiii, fig. 129). 

 Aspidiotus proteus, Curt., Gard. Chron., p. 676, 1843. 

 Diaspis parlatoris, Targ., Studii sul. Coca, p. 14, 1867. 



Parlatoria proteus, Sign., Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (4) ix, p. 450, 1869; Newst., 

 Mon. Brit. Coca, i, p. 140, 1901 ; Fernald, Catalogue, p. 320, 1903. 



Scale of adult $ about l - 2 to 2 mm. long, + egg-shaped, yellowish, greyish or 

 greenish yellow, with exuviae at the anterior extremity yellowish or brownish. The 

 second exuviae in this species are not nearly so large in comparison as those of 

 P. zizyphi, neither are they so rectangular or black. 



The puparium of the <$ is very elongate, with parallel sides, flatly convex until 

 the adult emerges, when the central part becomes sunken. The secreted portion 

 is dull, pale, with yellow exuviae, which often show a greenish dorsal area. 



The adult $, when mounted, is small, about 0"75 mm. long, almost circular or 

 slightly egg-shaped, widest at the free abdominal segments, hyaline, with a short, 

 stout spine on the lateral margin of the cephalothorax nearer to the articulation 

 than in pergandei. The lobes are longer and comparatively narrower than those of 

 pergandei, and L 4 is represented by a plate (fig. 129). Circumgenital glands in 

 4 groups : — 



5—7 5—7 

 4—6 4—6 

 Formula : P ls L p 2P 2 , L 2 , 3P 3 , L 3 , 7P 4 . 



The middle plate of the 7P 4 is small and rounded and has a spine at its outer edge. 

 This represents the rudimentary L 4 of the other species. 



Habitat : On orchid, Natal Coast ; collected by C. Fuller. 



Collection No. : 282. 



113. Parlatorea zizyphi (Lucas) Sign. (Plate xiii, fig. 131). 

 Coccus zizyphus, Lucas, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, (3) i, p. 28, 1853. 

 Chermes aurantii, Bdv., Ent. Hort., p. 338, 1867. 



Parlatoria lucasii, Targ., Catalogue, p. 42, 1869. 



Parlatoria zizyphi, Sign., Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (4) ix, p. 451, 1869 ; Fuller, 

 Notes on Coca W. Austr., pp. 4, 13, 1897 ; Newst. Mon. Brit. Coca i, p. 148, 1901. 

 Parlatoria ziziphus, Fernald, Catalogue, p. 322, 1903. 

 Parlatorea zizyphi, Lindinger, Die Schildlause, p. 108, 1912. 



