222 Lecaniintz. 



Anal cleft less than one-fifth total length of insect. Length 4 to 6 mm. 

 Breadth 2*50 to 3*50 mm. 



Male unknown. 



The insect is ovoviviparous ; the young larvae pale pinkish-orange. 



Habitat on twigs and branches of Albizzia sp., Acacia dealbaia, Grevillia, 

 Loranthus, 'Cherimoya' {Ationa sj).). Pundaluoya, Bogawantalawa, Kandy. 



The species has been widely distributed on cultivated plants, and its 

 original home is not known. In Europe it is found chiefly in plant-houses. 

 Mr. Douglas's examples were from Acacia catechu, Anona muricata, Myrica 

 fragifera, Averrhoa carembola, and Spathophyllum blandum. It occurs in 

 Germany on Ficus sp. and Latania borbonica. Maskell recorded it from New 

 Zealand, Australia, and the Sandwich Islands, upon Psidium, Bambusa, Acacia, 

 and Citrus. De Charmoy found it on Cherimolia in Mauritius. Professor 

 Cockerell and other American entomologists record the species from Mexico, 

 Panama, Jamaica, and Antigua. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXXX. 

 Lecanium longulum. 



Fig. I. Insects on branch oi Albizzia, nat. size. 



2. Adult ?, dorsal view, x 10. 



3. „ submarginal tubercle, x 650. 



4. „ anal operculum, x 150. 



5. „ antenna, x 150. 



6. „ del mal cells, eye-spot, &c., x 150. 



7. „ stigmatic spines and marginal hairs, x 300, 



8. „ a single marginal hair, x 650. 



