240 Lecaniince. 



LECANIUM (PARALECANIUM) CALOPHYLLI, sp. nov. 

 (Plate LXXXIX.) 



Adult 9 deep reddish brown. Flat ; broadly oval ; margin slightly sinuous 

 {fiS- 0- Dorsum with a slight median ridge and several series of quad- 

 rangular depressed spaces, sometimes occupied by thin waxy laminae ; surface 

 coarsely punctate. Stigmatic clefts deep but inconspicuous {fig. 2), with three 

 stout blunt spines not reaching the margin. Marginal hairs flabelliform 

 {figs. 2, 3), attached dorsally within the margin, but in older examples almost 

 concealed by an outward extension of the dorsum (/zg. 4); margin beneath 

 each fiabella produced into a quadrate process {fig. 3). Derm with scattered 

 minute translucent pores {fig. 4). Scales of anal operculum {fig. 5) acute ; 

 base much shorter than outer edge ; outer edge slightly emarginate at middle, 

 lateral angles rounded. In old examples there is a sharply defined broad 

 chitinous marginal zone on the under surface, not carried upwards along the 

 anal cleft. Legs and antennas missing in all examples under examination 

 (probably devoured by Acari). Length 3"5o mm. Breadth 275 to 3 mm. 



Other stages unknown. 



Habitat on leaves of Calophyllum sp. Newera Eliya. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXXXIX. 



LECANIUM CALOPHYLLI. 



Fig. I. Adult 9, dorsal view, x 15. 



2. Stigmatic cleft, spines and marginal flabelte, x 650. 



3. Marginal flabellje, from below, x 650. 



4. Posterior extremity dorsal view, x 80. 



5. Anal operculum, x 150. 



