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NEOLECANIUM, Parrott. 
Neolecanium, Parrott, Can. Enz., Vol. XXIII., p. 58 (1901). 
Neolecanium, Cockerell, Aun. Mag. N. H. (7), Vol. II. p. 451 (1902). 
This was originally distinguished as a subgenus by Parrott in 1901, and 
was given generic rank by Cockerell in 1902. I have not seen the original 
diagnosis, but Cockerell (Cam. E7z¢., Feb. 1901) describes it briefly in the 
following terms: ‘Adult female covered with a more or less distinct glassy test ; 
skin crowded with large glands.’ The genus has hitherto included oniy some 
American species—chiefly from Mexico and Brazil. It is therefore with some 
hesitation that I have adopted it for an aberrant form from Ceylon which, 
however, appears to fit the brief diagnosis sufficiently well. The ‘more or less 
distinct glassy test’ is represented in our Ceylon insect merely by a very thin 
varnish-like coating. The dermal cells are very well marked. 
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