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PROFESSOR R. NEWSTEAD — NOTES ON 



Larva : Antennae (fig. 2c) of 6 segments, the 4th to 6th with exceedingly 

 long hairs, the longest being about twice the length of the antenna ; so far as 

 one can ascertain, there are at least 6 of these long hairs on the terminal 

 segment, and 3 on the 4th and 5th respectively. Marginal hairs on the 

 abdomen of similar length to those on the antennae, but stouter, and there are 

 about twenty on either side ; the exact number must, however, remain in doubt, 

 as the specimens have not restored at all well in the process of mounting for 

 examination. 



Fig. 2. — leery a maxima, Newst. ; a, antenna of $ ; b, spinneret of <J> ; c, antenna of larva. 



Gold Coast : Kwanyako, Winneba district, 16. xi. 13, on Ficus sp. (W, H. 

 Patterson). 



This is much the largest species of Jcerya known to me, and apart from its 

 great size is distinguishable by the enormous length of the thin ribbon-like 

 waxen appendages to the margin of the body. 



The larva, though it resembles that of Icerya longisetosa, Newst., is dis- 

 tinguished by the larger number of long hairs on both the abdomen and antennae. 



Icerya seychellarum (Westwood). 



Uganda: Entebbe, 24. vi. 12, on Monodora myristica (C. C. Gowdey). 

 Nyasaland : Mlanje, 22. iii. 13 (8. A. Neave). 



This rather pretty little insect seems to be widely distributed, having been 

 recorded from the Seychelles Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, Madeira, China 

 Formosa and New Zealand. Signoret's examples were found on sugar-cane, but 

 it is apparently a somewhat general feeder, attacking such other plants as guava, 

 palms, rose, citrus, Artocarpus integrifolia, etc. 



