﻿THE 
  COCCIDAE 
  OF 
  SOUTH 
  AFRICA. 
  109 
  

  

  " 
  Male 
  puparium 
  of 
  similar 
  structure 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  female, 
  but 
  smaller 
  and 
  pro- 
  

   portionately 
  narrower. 
  The 
  fringe 
  is 
  simpler, 
  consisting 
  only 
  of 
  the 
  nymphal 
  and 
  

   larval 
  elements. 
  The 
  winged 
  adult 
  emerges 
  from 
  beneath 
  the 
  posterior 
  margin 
  

   without 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  any 
  hinged 
  operculum 
  such 
  as 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  allied 
  genus 
  

   Lecaniodiaspis. 
  

  

  "Adult 
  male 
  with 
  distinct 
  neck. 
  Antennae 
  ten- 
  jointed, 
  with 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  

   knobbed 
  hairs 
  at 
  apex. 
  Ocelli 
  large, 
  in 
  two 
  pairs 
  — 
  dorso-lateral 
  and 
  ventral 
  

   respectively. 
  Rudimentary 
  eyes 
  small, 
  colourless 
  and 
  inconspicuous. 
  Scutellum 
  

   ample. 
  Halteres 
  absent 
  or 
  obscure. 
  Genital 
  sheath 
  long 
  and 
  sharply 
  pointed. 
  

   Two 
  long 
  caudal 
  filaments. 
  

  

  "Larva 
  of 
  typical 
  form. 
  Antennae 
  distinctly 
  six-jointed. 
  A 
  marginal 
  series 
  of 
  

   (usually 
  twenty-eight) 
  paired 
  glands. 
  Posterior 
  extremity 
  with 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  longish 
  

   caudal 
  setae 
  "... 
  (Green). 
  

  

  Key 
  to 
  South 
  African 
  Species 
  of 
  Asterolecanium. 
  

   A. 
  Anal 
  ring 
  hairless. 
  

  

  a. 
  Antennae 
  rudimentary. 
  

  

  Anal 
  extremity 
  of 
  test 
  turned 
  up, 
  tubular 
  ; 
  caudal 
  setae 
  of 
  adult 
  $ 
  short, 
  stout 
  

  

  brevispinum, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Anal 
  extremity 
  of 
  test 
  not 
  prominently 
  upturned 
  or 
  tubular 
  ; 
  caudal 
  setae 
  long 
  

  

  variolosum, 
  Eatz. 
  

  

  aa. 
  Antennae 
  long, 
  10- 
  jointed, 
  caudal 
  setae 
  long 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  borboniae, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  AA. 
  Anal 
  ring 
  large, 
  with 
  6 
  long 
  spine-like 
  hairs. 
  

  

  a. 
  Marginal 
  fringe 
  of 
  adult 
  test 
  reddish. 
  

  

  Test 
  small, 
  nattish, 
  usually 
  naked 
  when 
  old 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  pustulans, 
  Ckll. 
  

  

  Test 
  small, 
  flat 
  ; 
  on 
  acacia 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  , 
  conspicuum, 
  sp.n. 
  

  

  Test 
  large, 
  rounded 
  ; 
  on 
  bamboo 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  bambusae, 
  Boisd. 
  

  

  aa. 
  Marginal 
  fringe 
  of 
  adult 
  test 
  white. 
  

  

  Test 
  yellow, 
  globular, 
  enveloped 
  in 
  very 
  long 
  fringe 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  euryopsis, 
  Fuller. 
  

   Test 
  greenish 
  or 
  creamy 
  white, 
  fringe 
  short 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  stentae, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  166. 
  Asterolecanium 
  brevispinum, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  (Plate 
  vii, 
  fig. 
  188 
  ; 
  Plate 
  viii, 
  fig. 
  197). 
  

  

  Test 
  of 
  adult 
  2 
  about 
  3 
  mm. 
  long, 
  2*2 
  mm. 
  broad, 
  very 
  convex, 
  with 
  the 
  caudal 
  

   extremity 
  produced 
  into 
  a 
  narow 
  upturned 
  process. 
  The 
  colour 
  is 
  bright 
  yellow 
  and 
  

   somewhat 
  transparent, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  anterior 
  end 
  which 
  is 
  bright 
  brown 
  in 
  the 
  few 
  

   specimens 
  at 
  hand, 
  probably 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  the 
  shrivelled 
  female 
  body. 
  

   Of 
  the 
  eight 
  specimens 
  in 
  this 
  collection 
  five 
  of 
  the 
  tests 
  are 
  entirely 
  naked. 
  The 
  

   other 
  three 
  show 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  long 
  large 
  curved 
  glassy 
  filaments 
  (fig. 
  188), 
  which 
  

   were 
  apparently 
  equally 
  long 
  and 
  equally 
  numerous 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  dorsal 
  and 
  

   marginal 
  areas. 
  The 
  integument 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  is 
  very 
  thin 
  ; 
  the 
  antennae 
  are 
  small, 
  

   dz 
  cordate, 
  with 
  two 
  short 
  spurs. 
  The 
  caudal 
  extremity 
  is 
  simple, 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  hair- 
  

   less 
  anal 
  ring 
  ; 
  the 
  caudal 
  setae 
  are 
  represented 
  by 
  short 
  stout 
  spines. 
  The 
  figure-8 
  

   glands 
  are 
  comparatively 
  large 
  (fig. 
  197). 
  

  

  Remarks. 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  somewhat 
  like 
  A. 
  coffeae, 
  Newst., 
  but 
  the 
  fringe 
  is 
  white 
  

   instead 
  of 
  yellow, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  other 
  distinctive 
  differences 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  mounted 
  

   specimens, 
  particularly 
  the 
  hairless 
  anal 
  ring 
  and 
  short 
  caudal 
  spines. 
  

  

  Habitat 
  : 
  On 
  veld 
  bush, 
  Ceres, 
  C. 
  P. 
  ; 
  collected 
  by 
  C. 
  P. 
  Lounsbury, 
  October 
  1908. 
  

  

  Collection 
  No. 
  : 
  21, 
  

  

  