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Asterolecanium stypheliae, Mask., var. multiporum, nov. (% 5). 



Differs from the type in its larger size, and in the greater size and number of both 

 paired and simple marginal pores (vide fig. 5, a and h). In all other characters it 

 agrees closely with the type. In typical stypheliae the simple pores accompanying 

 the paired pores are in a single row — one simple to each paired pore (fig. 5, b) ; in 

 var. multiporum the simple pores are two or three deep (fig. 5, a). The puparium 

 of typical stypheliae has an average length of 1*50 mm., while that of var. 

 multiporum measures 2*25 mm. 



Victoria : Warrnambool, on Samolus repens, Nov. 1914 (C French, No. 168). 





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Fig. 5. Marginal pores of : a, 



Asterolecanium stypheliae var. 



multiporum^ Green, nov. ; h, 



A. stypheliae. Mask., x 375. 



Fig. 6. Pulvinaria maskelU, OUiff, var. novem- 

 articulata^ Green, nov. ; a, antenna, X 210 ; 

 h, adult female and ovisac, side view, x 4 ; 



c, valve of anal operculum, x 100. 



P. maskelli var. spinosior. Green ; d, valve of 



anal operculum, x 100. 



Pulvinaria maskelli, Olhff, var. novemarticulata, nov. (fig. 6). 



Differs from the type, and from var. spinosior, in having distinctly 9- jointed 

 antennae (fig. 6, a). The additional joint is evidently a subdivision of the 5th, but 

 the separation is as complete as that between any of the other joints. The valves 

 of the anal operculum are strongly spined (fig. 6, c), only slightly less so than those 

 of var. spinosior (fig. 6, d). The ovisac (fig. 6, b) is strongly convex and distinctly 

 fluted longitudinally. The body of the insect is tilted upwards and rests on the 

 anterior extremity of the ovisac. Total length of insect and ovisac, 7 mm. 

 Dimensions of adult female (under compression), 4*50 to 5*50 mm. by 3-50 to 

 4'0 mm. 



Victoria : Mallee, massed on slender branches of Hymenanthera dentata 

 (C. French No. 161). 



Chionaspis frenchi, sp. nov. (fig. 7). 



Female puparium white, pellicles reddish ; broadest across the middle, rounded 

 behind, moderately convex. Length, 2-50 to 2*75 mm. 



Male puparium white ; flattish ; very obscurely carinate. Length, 1*50 mm. 



