98 ROBERT NEWSTEAD — OBSERVATIONS ON 



Ceroplastes sp. 



Male puparia only ; possibly those of C. quadrilineatus, but as there were no 

 females associated with them it is impossible to be definite on this point. 

 On Aiiona muricafa ; Masaka, Uganda, 10. IV. 1909 (C. C. Gowdey). 



Ceroplastes sp. 



iMale puparia only. 



Entebbe, Uganda, 3. III. 1910 (C. C. GoiDcley). 



Ceroplastes sp. 



Male puparia only. 



On Bark-cloth tree {Ficiis); Bnkoba, German East Africa, 4. I\^. 1910 

 (C. C. Goivdey). 



Inglisia conch iformis, Newstead. 



On Psidinm giiyava ; Entebbe, Uganda (C. C Gowdey), 



Ceroplastodes gowdeyi, sp. n. 



Test of Female (fig. 11, «).— Opaque white, glassy: distinctly divided into 

 relatively large, polygonal plates giving the test a coarsely reticulated appearance ; 

 form varying from short ovate to elongate ovate ; dorsum flat ; marginal series 

 of plates sloping downwards ; anterior third of ventral surface enclosed with 

 similar plates to those forming the upper surface of the test, but apparently 

 these are not continued beyond the area occupied by the female. The ventral 

 surface of the dorsal plates is covered with densely felted wax. Length, 

 averaging 4*50 mm. 



Fig. 11. — Ceroplastodes gowdeyi, Newst. ; a, test or puparium of adult female ; 

 b, puparium of male. 



Female, adult. — Lying freely within the test, but after gestation occupying the 

 anterior portion only ; the cavity behind the body being filled with empty slcins 

 of the ova and a little flocculent wax. Body shrivelled bwt distinctly Lecaiioid 

 io form ; front slightly produced, 



