Lecamince. 187 



l.ECANIUM CAPPARIDIS, sp. nov. 

 (Plate LXIII.) 



Adult 9 ^figs. I, 2), pale bright green, malpighian tubes showing through the 

 dorsum as an indistinct chain of reddish spots ; flattish, very slightly convex 

 above ; deltoid, pointed in front, broadly rounded behind ; an indistinct median 

 carina above anterior extremity. Stigmatic clefts shallow. Anal cleft rather 

 less than one-fourth total length of insect. Eyes inconspicuous. Antenna (Jig. 

 3), six-jointed, the third as long as the terminal three together ; fourth and fifth 

 shortest, equ il. In one example {fig. 4) two incomplete divisions occurred in 

 the long third joint. Legs {fig. 5) small but well developed ; femur (with 

 trochanter) one and a half times length of tibia ; tibia one and one-third times 

 length of t irsus. Foot with four digitules ; the tarsals slender, the unguals 

 spatulate ; both extending well beyond the claw. Scales of anal operculum 

 {fig. 7) acutely pointed ; inner edge longest ; base shortest ; two or three small 

 hairs at extremity. Anal ring with eight stout hairs, two of them considerably 

 shorter than the others. Stigmatic spines, three ; the median one long and curved ; 

 the other two very short, about quarter the length of median one {fig. 7). 

 Marginal hairs finely pointed, simple. Submarginal tubercles, three or four on 

 each side. Derm with obscure and indefinite oval pores on the flattened mar- 

 ginal area After gestation the ventral area becomes slightly concave, forming a 

 shelter for the young larvK, which are produced ovoviviparously, and extruded 

 with the egg-skin still attached to the posterior extremity. 



Length 275 to 3-50 mm. Breadth 2 to 2'5o mm. 



Young larva, pale green. No other stages observed. 



Habitat on the under-surface of leaves of Capparis moonii. Pundaluoya. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXIII. 



LECANIUM CAPPARIDIS. 



Fig. I. Leaf of Capparis, with insects, nat. size. 



2. Adult 9, dorsal view, x 10. 



3. „ antenna, x 150. 



4. „ „ with incomplete segmentation of third joint. 



5- „ leg. 



6. „ anal operculum. 



7. „ stigmatic spines and marginal hairs. 



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