A sterolecaniume. 339 
ASTEROLECANIUM MILIARIS, var. LONGUM, Green. 
(PLATE CXXIX. 5-8.) 
Planchonia miliaris, v. longa (part), Green, /ud. Mus. Notes, Vol. IV. p. 5 
(1896). 
Asterolecantum miliaris, v. longum, Ckll., Check List, p. 328 (1896). 
Test of adult female (fg. 6) differing from that of type in its narrower and 
more elongate form. Fringe longer on anterior margin; usually very 
imperfect. Length 1:25 to 1'sSomm. Breadth 0'45 to 0°48. 
Adult female as in type. Marginal pores (jg. 8) more distinctly separated ; 
ventro-marginal series of simple pores wanting or inconspicuous. 
Abundant on both surfaces of leaves of Bambusa oliveriana. Pera- 
deniya. December. Examples on upper surface of the leaves frequently 
destroyed by an orange-coloured fungus. 
While the typical form of the species frequents, principally, the stems and 
branches of the plant, the variety /ogum appears to be confined to the foliage. 
This form was at first confused with the still more elongate insect found on 
leaves of Avundinaria, which I now believe to be specifically distinct and have 
described under the name of /émeare. A. miliaris and its variety (longum) 
occur in the plains and up to 1700 feet. A. /meare is a mountain species, 
occurring only at altitudes of over 4000 feet. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE CXXIX. 5-8. 
ASTEROLECANIUM MILIARIS, 7. LONGUM. 
Fig. 5. Insects on leaf of bamboo, nat. size. 
6. Female test, dorsal view, x 40. 
7. Posterior extremity of adult female, x 450. 
8, Marginal glands of adult female, x 450, 
WAY 
