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ASTEROLECANIUM TUMIDUM, sé. xov. 
(PLATE CXXI. 6-10.) 
Test of adult female (gs. 6, 7) oval in outline, with a slightly expanded 
flattened process at the posterior extremity projecting below the anal tube, 
which is sharply upturned and has a transverse slit-like opening. Median 
dorsal area strongly domed ; marginal area somewhat flattened. Margin with 
a continuous fringe composed of three distinct series of filaments (jg. 8), the 
innermost (larval) series consisting of single or double crook-shaped filaments 
widely separated from each other. Dorsum with many small irregular pro- 
minences, probably the remains of a series of dorsal filaments indicated by 
many 8-shaped glands on the dorsum of the insect itself. Length 075 mm. 
Breadth 0°45 mm. Depth 025 mm. 
Adult female oval. Abdominal extremity (fg. 9) with the small anal lobes 
slightly prominent, each bearing a stout seta; an inner pair of smaller lobes, 
each with a single sharply pointed spine. Dorsal lip of anal aperture set back 
and bearing a pair of small mucronate tubercles. Anal ring with six short 
hairs. Margin of body with a close series of small 8-shaped glands (ig. 10) ; 
the ventro-marginal pores wanting or inconspicuous. Median area of dorsum 
with numerous similar 8-shaped glands, massed more particularly towards the 
base of the abdomen. Length approximately 05 mm. 
Male unknown. 
On leaves of bamboo. Udagama. October. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE CXXI. 6-10. 
ASTEROLECANIUM TUMIDUM. 
Fig. 6. Test of adult female, dorsal view, x 50. 
W- - 5 side view, X 50. 
8. Part of marginal fringe, x 200. 
9. Abdominal extremity of adult female, x 450. 
10. Marginal glands, x 450. 
