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Ceroplastes. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE CV. 
CEROPLASTES FLORIDENSIS. 
. Leaf of avocado pear, with insects 27 sz¢z, nat. size. 
. Adult female, dorsal view, x Io. 
” with eccentric apex, X Io. 
os from behind, x Io. 
» ventral view, after deposition of eggs, x Io. 
39 before deposition of eggs, x Io. 
. Early adult female, after treatment with caustic potash, x 30. 
. Stigmatic cleft, with stigmatic and marginal spines, x 450. 
with bifid stigmatic spines, x 450. 
. Antenna, X 250. 
. Female of second (nymphal) stage, x 15. 
35 larval stage, x 15. 
. Adult female, denuded of wax, lateral view, x 15. 
. Anal operculum, x 250. 
. Foot, x 450. 
