Ceroplastes. 271 
curved, ungual digitules broadly dilated, one of them conspicuously larger than 
the other (j#g. 15) ; tarsal digitules also slightly unequal. Stigmatic cleft with 
numerous (70 to 90) stout hollow conical spines (fig. 5) of which the inner four 
or five are considerably larger than the others. Derm of both dorsal and 
ventral areas with numerous minute translucent glandular pores, with thickened 
rims. In some examples a faint tessellate pattern is noticeable on the derm of 
the dorsal area. Test very variable in size ; large, well-developed examples 
may be 12 mm. long by to broad with a depth of 6 mm. ; while equally mature 
examples may be little more than half this size. A large specimen, denuded of 
wax, measured 8°33 mm. (including caudal process) x 5:20 mm. 
Nymphal female (fg. 12) without elongate caudal process ; flattish, with 
dorso-lateral series of rounded prominences and a median longitudinal ridge. 
Larval test (7g. 14) consisting of an elongate median dorsal pad of white 
wax and a submarginal series of radiating conical waxy processes ; the reddish 
colour of the insect visible in the intervals. 
The male insect has been observed only by Newstead, amongst examples 
received from India. His descriptions are quoted below. 
“Male reddish brown, body rather short, wide; eyes black, large and 
prominent ; the two ocelli beneath small; antennz of ten joints, third longest, 
all with many fine hairs, and deeply notched sides. Legs ordinary. Wings 
rather short. Genital armature somewhat triangular; with a large, thin, 
projecting funnel-shaped organ. Anal lobes with one very long hair, and 
one or more short ones; lobes with numerous circular discs. The long 
anal setee in life would no doubt be covered with white wax, forming long 
white waxy filaments as in all the males belonging to this division of the 
Coccidee.’ 
“Scale of the male opaque glassy white, with a broad central and three 
lateral carinee, the central ones meeting to form a complete loop. Long 
2to 250mm.’ (/zd. Mus. Notes, Vol. 111. No. 5, p. 22.) 
On stems and branches of various shrubs and plants: tea; Avdigonon ; 
Pouzolzia walkertana; mulberry ; Fzcus. Common throughout the island. 
March, July, August, October, November, December. The species occurs 
_frequently on the stems of the tea plant, but does no appreciable harm. 
Recorded also from India, Australia, Japan, Hawaiian Islands, Chili, Mexico, 
Antigua, and Jamaica. 
