﻿266 
  A. 
  RUTHERFORD. 
  — 
  

  

  ridge, 
  from 
  which 
  short 
  whitish 
  ridges 
  run 
  to 
  the 
  margin. 
  Dorsal 
  surface 
  covered 
  

   with 
  a 
  thin 
  granular 
  wax. 
  Anal 
  plates 
  dark 
  brown. 
  

  

  Broadly-oval 
  in 
  shape 
  ; 
  length 
  475 
  mm., 
  breadth 
  375 
  mm. 
  Antennae 
  8-jointed 
  ; 
  

   apex 
  of 
  fifth 
  and 
  segments 
  distal 
  of 
  fifth 
  much 
  wrinkled 
  ; 
  apical 
  segment 
  bearing 
  

   a 
  very 
  long 
  seta 
  on 
  the 
  tip 
  and 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  long 
  hairs 
  proximad 
  of 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  first, 
  

   second, 
  fifth, 
  sixth 
  and 
  seventh 
  also 
  with 
  setae, 
  third 
  and 
  fourth 
  without. 
  Legs 
  

   well 
  developed, 
  tibia 
  longer 
  than 
  tarsus. 
  Anal 
  plates 
  with 
  straight 
  mesal 
  side, 
  

   outer 
  side 
  an 
  unbroken 
  curve 
  ; 
  and 
  opening 
  surrounded 
  by 
  a 
  heavily 
  chitinised 
  band. 
  

   Margin 
  with 
  a 
  close-set 
  series 
  of 
  stout, 
  sharp 
  setae 
  ; 
  practically 
  no 
  stigmal 
  notch 
  ; 
  

   stigmatic 
  seta 
  longer 
  and 
  more 
  gradually 
  tapering 
  than 
  other 
  setae 
  ; 
  scattered 
  

   parastigmatic 
  pores 
  between 
  stigmal 
  spine 
  and 
  the 
  stigma. 
  The 
  derm 
  is 
  crowded 
  

   with 
  oval 
  translucent 
  areas, 
  a 
  small 
  circular 
  pore 
  being 
  associated 
  with 
  each 
  ; 
  

   scattered 
  among 
  them 
  are 
  several 
  circular 
  highly 
  chitinised 
  pores. 
  Anal 
  ring 
  to 
  all 
  

   appearance 
  with 
  ten 
  long 
  setae. 
  

  

  Insects 
  recently 
  settled 
  down 
  are 
  elongated, 
  whitish 
  and 
  highly 
  granular, 
  bearing 
  

   two 
  brown 
  longitudinal 
  bands 
  enclosing 
  a 
  whitish 
  area. 
  

  

  On 
  bark 
  of 
  branches 
  of 
  Cinnamon, 
  July 
  1914. 
  

  

  This 
  insect 
  is 
  obviously 
  closely 
  related 
  to 
  Green's 
  Neolecanium 
  crustuliforme, 
  from 
  

   which 
  it 
  differs 
  in 
  its 
  appearance, 
  in 
  its 
  larger 
  size 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  antennal 
  

   segments. 
  

  

  Parlatoria 
  mesuae, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Female 
  scale 
  about 
  1 
  mm. 
  long, 
  long 
  and 
  narrow, 
  black. 
  The 
  second 
  exuvium 
  

   is 
  about 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  first. 
  A 
  slight, 
  white, 
  marginal 
  secretion. 
  Ventral 
  scale 
  

   more 
  or 
  less 
  complete, 
  incomplete 
  at 
  posterior 
  end. 
  

  

  The 
  adult 
  insect 
  is 
  long 
  and 
  narrow. 
  The 
  antennae 
  consist 
  of 
  a 
  tubercle, 
  one 
  or 
  

   two 
  short 
  spines 
  and 
  a 
  long 
  straight 
  or 
  curved 
  seta. 
  No 
  parastigmatic 
  pores. 
  No 
  

   circumgenital 
  pores. 
  Apex 
  of 
  the 
  pygidium 
  occupied 
  by 
  a 
  broad 
  pore 
  situated 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  a 
  deep 
  notch 
  and 
  bounded 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  by 
  a 
  broad 
  bi-lobed 
  lobe-like 
  

   pectina. 
  Laterad 
  of 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  hyaline 
  lobe, 
  notched 
  on 
  the 
  lateral 
  margin, 
  and 
  followed 
  

   by 
  a 
  broad 
  pore 
  with 
  bordering 
  pectinae 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  median 
  pore. 
  These 
  

   follow 
  two 
  pectinae, 
  a 
  pore 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  preceding 
  pores, 
  and 
  cephalad 
  of 
  this 
  

   several 
  low 
  serrated 
  projections 
  and 
  two 
  smaller 
  pores. 
  The 
  pectinae 
  end 
  abruptly 
  

   and 
  their 
  fringe 
  is 
  very 
  short 
  and 
  ragged. 
  A 
  row 
  of 
  short 
  triangular 
  spines 
  and 
  

   small 
  circular 
  pores 
  along 
  the 
  margin 
  of 
  the 
  body, 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  apparently 
  absent 
  

   cephalad 
  of 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  mouth-parts. 
  Anus 
  situated 
  near 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  

   pygidium. 
  The 
  body 
  may 
  contain 
  young 
  insects 
  with 
  well-developed 
  legs, 
  antennae 
  

   and 
  mouth-parts. 
  The 
  first 
  exuvium 
  has 
  at 
  least 
  one 
  pair 
  of 
  lobes 
  ; 
  these 
  are 
  

   triangular, 
  and 
  well 
  separated 
  ; 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  each 
  on 
  the 
  mesal 
  side 
  is 
  a 
  long 
  seta 
  

   directed 
  cephalad. 
  Laterad 
  of 
  these 
  lobes 
  a 
  duplex 
  lobe 
  and 
  several 
  projections 
  of 
  

   the 
  pygidium. 
  Antenna 
  five-segmented. 
  Terminal 
  segment 
  with 
  numerous 
  trans- 
  

   verse 
  striae 
  and 
  several 
  long 
  setae. 
  The 
  second 
  exuvium 
  has 
  two 
  pair 
  of 
  hyaline 
  

   lobes, 
  each 
  lobe 
  much 
  longer 
  than 
  broad, 
  and 
  notched 
  on 
  both 
  margins 
  and 
  rounded 
  

   at 
  apex. 
  The 
  marginal 
  pores 
  are 
  situated 
  in 
  deep, 
  semicircular 
  incisions, 
  strongly 
  

   chitinised 
  on 
  the 
  margin 
  ; 
  one 
  between 
  first 
  and 
  second 
  lobes, 
  one 
  between 
  second 
  

   and 
  third, 
  and 
  one 
  between 
  the 
  sixth 
  and 
  seventh 
  pectinae 
  beyond 
  the 
  second 
  lobes. 
  

  

  