274 Ceroplastes. 
(Ind. Mus. Notes, Vol. V. No. 1), is undoubtedly conspecific with our Ceylon 
insect and with C. rudens of Maskell. It may or may not be identical with 
myrice (Linn.), but the only available descriptions of that species are too 
vague for any accurate determination. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE CIII. 
CEROPLASTES RUBENS. 
. Tea leaf, with insects, nat. size. 
. Female, young adult, dorsal view, x 8. 
ventral view, x 8. 
5 i side view, denuded of wax, x 8. 
oA old adult, dersal view, x 8. 
x denuded of wax, side view, X 15. 
Stigmatic area and stigmatic spines, x 250. 
Leg, xX 250. 
Foot, x 450. 
. Antenna, xX 250. 
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