Indian Museum Noies. \ Vol. I?. 



CATALOGUE OF COCCID^ COLLECTED IN 



CEYLON. 



BY Mr. E. E. green. 



[The following list of Coccidse, which contains many und escribed species, is 

 to be regarded as preliminary to a more exhaustive paper with figures of all the 

 new species, now in course of preparation by the same author. — Ed.\ 



1. Chionaspis braziliensis^ Sign.— On cultivated ferns, Strohilan- 

 thus sp., and Acacia melanoxylon, occurring, when present, in 

 enormous numbers, the males usually predominating. A remarkable 

 exception being in the case of specimens found on the Acacia which 

 were all females. 



Locality Punduloya. 



2. C. biclavis, Comst.— Very common on stems of Cinchona 

 and Tea, sometimes in such numbers as to considerably injure the 

 plants. Found also occasionally on stems of Grevillea and Coffee ; 

 never on leaves, though the American type is described from 

 examples found on leaves of fig, Male unknown. The female 

 shield very inconspicuous, from the fact that it is always covered 

 with the superficial fibres and loose material of the bark upon which 

 it rests. 



Locality Punduloya. 



3. C. aspidistra, Sign,, van musscsndce^ n. var.-^— Found on stems 

 and twigs of Musscenda frondosa. Differs from type chiefly in the 

 character of the female shield, which is opaque, greyish white, and 

 covered with the hairs and fibres of the bark instead of being of a 

 "clear transparent yellow" as in Signoret's type. The male puparia 

 are crowded together in large groups, each individual attached by the 

 anterior extremity only, the rest of the body elevated. 



Locality Punduloya. 



4. C eugenise. Mask., var. varicosa, n. var.— Found on under surface 

 of leaves of Gelonuim lanceolatum. Differs from type chiefly in 

 character of female shield, which is proportionately broader and 

 marked with ramifying raised creases resembling veins. 



Locality Punduloya. 



5. C eu^eniaSf Mask., var. litseae, n. var. — Found on under surface 

 of leaves of Litzea zeylanica. Differs from type in the female 

 shield being very thin and semi-transparent. Male with 3 knobbed 

 digitules on feet. 



Locality Punduloya. 



