34 J. W. SCOTT MACFTE — ON A NEW AFRICAN SPECIES OF COCCIDAE. 



This is apparently the first recorded occurrence of this genus in Africa. 

 I have to thank Professor Newstead for the greatest kindness and assistance 

 in working out the characters of this species. 



Dactylopius (Pseudococcus) virgatus var. madagascariensis, Newst., Liver- 

 pool University Quarterly Journal, iii, no. 6. 



I have to record here this species as occurring plentifully on the young shoots 

 of a tree called by the natives "chedia " {Ficus sp.) at Ilorin, Northern Nigeria, 

 in May 1912. This insect has been recorded elsewhere as feeding upon cactus, 

 cocoanut palm, cotton, violets, etc. 



This species is also apparently new to the continental African fauna. 



