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5.— REMARKS ON INDIAN SCALE INSECTS (COCCID^), 

 WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. 



By E. Ernest Green, F.E.S., 



Government Entomologist, Ceylon. 



Part II. 



( With Plates XVIII, XIX and XX. ) 



The following notes are in continuation of my earlier contribu- 

 tion on the subject, in Vol. V, No. 1, of this Journal. Sixteen species, 

 not included in my first list, are now enumerated, bringing up the 

 total number of records to 53, a figure which must still bear but a 

 very small proportion to the number of species occurring on the 

 Indian continent. 



With several new collectors in the field, I anticipate the early 

 publication of a third part of these notes. 



Aspidiotus (Targionia) glomeratus, sp. nov. 



Female puparia crowded and adhering together in such a manner 

 that it is difficult to isolate a single individual. Form irregularly 

 circular, slightly convex. Colour smoky-brown or grayish-black. 

 Pellicles large, shining, black; normally concealed beneath a covering 

 of the fuliginous secretion. Ventral scale whitish, stout, entire. 

 Diameter 2^50 mm. 



Male puparium similar to that of female, but much smaller and 

 more oval. Long diameter 1 mm. 



Adult ? of normal oval form (pi. xviii, fig. 1) ; cephalothorax 

 evenly rounded, spiracles without parastigmatic glands, surrounded 

 by a concentrically wrinkled area. Pygidium (fig. 1, a) deltoid* 

 Lobes six, prominent, well defined, with evenly rounded edges; the 

 •thickened bases extending inwards (fig. 1, b.). Four claviform 

 thickened processes ( paraphyses ) extending inwards between the 

 lobes, two on each side. Margin beyond the lobes strongly but 

 irregularly serrate. Pectinate squames between the lobes. No 

 circumgenital glands. A strong chitinous bar — interrupted in two 

 places — extending across base of pygidium. Genital aperture anterior 

 to anal. Numerous oval pores, with thickened chitinous rims, on 

 both dorsal and ventral surfaces, connected with long filiform ducts. 

 Length 1*50 to 175 mm. Breadth i'2o to 1*40 mm. 



Adult o* not observed. 



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