EXPLANATION OF PLATE LXXVIIL 

 Lecanium acutissimum. 



Fig. I. Piece of cocoanut leaf with insects m situ, nat. size. 



2. Newly hatched larva. 



3. Adult 9, dorsal view, x 8. 



4. „ ventral view, x 8. 



5. Early adult 9, x 8. 



6. Stigmatic spine and marginal hairs, x about 300. 



7. Anal operculum, x 150. 



8. Antenna, x 410. 



9. Anterior leg, x 410. 



10. Median leg, x 410. 



11. Posterior leg, x 410. 

 12 Dorsal spines, x 650. 



