TO 11. NJEWSTEAD— -NOTES ON SCALE-INSECTS (COCCJDAE). — PART I. 



the above-named places. It is evident therefore that this species has a wide 

 distribution on the East Coast of Africa ; and judging by its enormous numbers 

 it must cause serious injury to the plants which it infests. 



Stictococcus gowdeyi, sp. n. 



Female, adult (fig. 4). — Hemispherical, with a deep subcentral transverse 

 depression in front of the anal orifice/" 5 Integument smooth and so brilliantly 

 polished as to appear almost glass-like. Colour rich dark castaneous to piceous. 

 Margin with a narrow fringe of closely set, pale orange-yellow spines ; and there 

 is a narrow vertical band of white secretion over the anterior stigmatic clefts. 



Fig. 4. — Stictococcus gowdeyi) Newst. 



Ventral surface of fringe eovered with white secretion. Antennae short, and of 

 five segments ; distal segments with several stiff" spinose hairs. Legs well 

 developed : tarsus decidedly shorter than the tibia : upper digitules long, 

 normal ; lower digitules so broadly dilated as to appear almost fan-shaped. 

 Anal orifice normal : but surrounded by an unusual number of long hairs. 

 Margin of body with a thickly set fringe of long stiff" spines, arranged 3-4 deep, 

 and placed at intervals between them and also slightly above them are some 

 very long slender hairs. Greatest diameter, I '6-2*2 mm. 



* This organ is placed " in the middle of the back " (Cockerell) in this genus. R. N. 



