338 Asterolecanium 
ASTEROLECANIUM MILIARIS, Bozsduval. 
(PLATE CXXIX. 1-4.) 
Asterolecanium miliaris, Bdv., [nsectol. Agricole (1869); Sign., Anz. Soc. 
Ent. Fr. (4), Vol. X. p. 281 (1870). 
Female test (jég. 2) oval, bluntly pointed behind, moderately convex above ; 
central area slightly depressed, with a median longitudinal rounded carina, 
Colour of dried examples ochreous yellow. Fringe conspicuous ; continuous ; 
of a distinctly reddish or orange tint ; apparently in three series (referable to 
the larval, nymphal, and imaginal stages respectively), the innermost series 
inconspicuous and widely interrupted. Length 1 to 1°15 mm. Breadth o’5 mm. 
Adult female at first almost filling the test, afterwards occupying only the 
anterior half (jg. 2). Posterior extremity (jgg. 3) normal; the caudal sete 
stout, usually crossed ; spines on and between the abdominal lobes compara- 
tively large and stout ; anal ring with six stout hairs. Marginal series of paired 
pores (fig. 4) well defined; the pores small and close together, the intervals 
between adjacent pairs little greater than the space between the two halves of 
each pair. A ventro-marginal series of smaller simple circular pores. Rudi- 
mentary antennz submarginal. Length of extended insect 0°75 mm. 
Male unknown. 
On stems and branches of ‘Male Bamboo’ (Bambusa sp.). Peradeniya. 
Recorded also from Mauritius, Brazil, Jamaica, and Trinidad. 
I have not had access to Boisduval’s original diagnosis of the species, but 
my specimens agree sufficiently closely with the description given by Signoret, 
and with examples from Algiers submitted to me by Dr. P. Marchal, of Paris. 
In the latter, however, the paired pores are somewhat larger and more distant 
than in my examples from Ceylon. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE CXXIX. 1 4. 
ASTEROLECANIUM MILIARIS. 
Female insects on branches of bamboo, nat. size. 
Female test, dorsal view, x 40. 
Posterior extremity of adult female, x 450. 
Marginal glands of adult female, x 450. 
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