106 KOBEKT NEWSTEAD — ON A NEW GENUS OF PSYLLIDiE, &C. 



three triangular spots alternating and equidistant between them, formed by 

 groups of dark coloured spines. Length of dried specimeii, 3'50 mm. ; length of 

 wing, 6 mm. 



Pupa. — Ochreous bufF to ochreous brown (dried examples). Antennte of 

 three segments, of which the third is much the longest ; all the segments with 

 many fine hairs some of which are long, others very short, and there are two 

 slender spines at the tip of the terminal segment. Legs stout and setose. Wing- 

 sheaths with a fringe of rather long slender bristles and slender spines arranged 

 more or less alternately. Abdomen short and broadly rounded posteriorly, 

 margin with a fringe of fine bristles or hairs ; derm with large tracts of minute 

 circular spinnerets, and with narrow bands of minute spines arranged transversely. 



Secretionary covering of larva, — Pure white, composed basally of dense 

 flocculent matter, externally of very long wool-like filaments varying in length 

 from 6 to 26 mm. 



Eggs. — -Pale yellowish, when empty pearly white. They are laid upon the 

 sm-face of the leaves and are protected with a layer of white and rather densely 

 felted wax, the latter extending beyond the eggs for some considerable distance. 



On the leaves and small branches of a species of fig (local name " Kachire ") ; 

 near the north-west shore of Lake Nyasa, 4. VII. 1910 (^S". A. Neave), 



April 18th, 1911. 



