XII, D.i Robinson: Coccidse of the Philippine Islands Q 



Protopulvinaria longivalvata bakeri Cockerell. 



Protopulvinaria longivalvata bakeri COCKEEELL, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist. (1914), 33, 332. 



Female scale 2.25 millimeters long, 1.75 millimeters broad, 

 light ferruginous (Plate II, fig. 1) ; marginal spines few, rather 

 stout, bent, small, and short; stigmatic spines in threes, one 

 long, the others very short; anal plates greatly elongated, near 

 the center of the body; legs ordinary; antennse 8-jointed. The 

 following measurements are in microns: Anterior leg, femur 

 and trochanter, 130; tibia, 80; tarsus without claw, 45; an- 

 tennse (1) 28, (2) 48, (3) 33, (4) 28, (5) 23, (6) 18, (7) 

 23, (8) 48 (Plate II, fig. 3). Almost without cottony secretion. 

 Male scale (Plate II, fig. 2). Typical P. longivalvata Green 

 comes from Ceylon. (From the original description.) 



Luzon, Laguna, Los Bafios (Baker), on Voacanga globosa. 



Genus PULVINARIA Targioni Tozzetti 



Type, Coccus vitis Linriceus. 



Female insect flat, oval or suboval, secreting an elongated 

 ovisac which does not cover the insect, ovisac adherent to the 

 plant; body becomes hard, without dorsal patches of secretion. 

 Male scale elongate, waxy. 



Synoptic table of the species. 



a\ Female small, about 1,865 microns long tyleri. 



a^. Female larger. 



6'. Female antennae of eight joints (Plate II, figs. 4 to 6). 



c\ Marginal spines long and stout, more or less branched.... polygonata. 



c\ Marginal spines numerous, blunt tliespesiae. 



c'. Marginal spines fewer, pointed psidii. 



6'. Antennse of less than eight joints psidii var. philippina. 



Pulvinaria tyleri Cockerell. 



Pulvinana tyleri Cockerell, Proc. Davenport Acad. Sci. (1905, 10, 

 182. 



Female smallish, light brown, with a loose, shapeless, fluffy 

 white ovisac; mounted female about 1,865 microns long; stig- 

 matic spines in threes, the long one stout and about 60 microns 

 long, the short ones about 15 ; marginal spines stout, not close 

 together, simple or slightly bifid at the ends; legs ordinary, 

 measurements of anterior leg in microns : Femur and trochanter, 

 220; tibia, 168; tarsus without claw, 92. Antennae 8-jointed, 

 measurements in microns: (1) 40, (2) 62, (3) 70, (4) 40, (5) 

 40, (6) 27, (7) 22, (8) 50. (From the original description.) 



Luzon, Batangas (Townsend) , on Antigonon leptopiis. 



