xii. D, 1 Robinson: Coccidse of the Philippine Islands H 



Pulvinaria psidii philippina Cockerell. 



Pulvinaria psidii philippina Cockerei.l, Proc. Davenport Acad. Sci. 

 (1905), 10, 132. 



Female scales and ovisacs matted together. Marginal hairs 

 broad and flattened at ends, the margins of the flattened parts 

 slightly fimbriated; tibia very long; antennse 6- jointed, third 

 joint twice as long as either two or three, joints two and five 

 each with a very long bristle. "The long tibia, long third 

 antennal joint, marginal hairs, long bristles on joints two and 

 five of the antennse, etc., all show this insect to be close to 

 P. ficus Hempel and P. psidii Mask. The 6- jointed antenna are 

 distinctive, but may not be constant." (From the original 

 description.) 



Luzon, Tayabas, Lucena (Townsend), on Ficus. 



Genus CEROPLASTES Gray 

 Type, Ceroplastes janeirensis Gray. 

 "Covering of female consisting of wax, often thick; no mar- 

 ginal fringe or radiating processes; a more or less developed 

 caudal horn, visible on removing the wax." Secretion of male 

 waxy. (From Cockerell.) 



Ceroplastes gigas Cockerell. 



Ceroplastes gigas Cockerell, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. (1914), 33, 

 331. 



Scale on branch of tree ; wax white and smooth. Female scale 

 17.5 millimeters long, 14.5 millimeters broad, about 12 milli- 

 meters high; wax not divided into plates; a deep median dorsal 

 pit; at sides are two angular projections clasping the branch; 

 wax about 5 millimeters thick. Adult female oval, about 7 milli- 

 meters long, chestnut red; antennas and legs light ferruginous. 

 Antennae long and slender. Cephalic margin of female broadly 

 rounded (Plate II, fig. 9), caudal margin trilobed (Plate II, 

 fig. 8). (From the original description.) 



Luzon, Laguna, Mount Maquiling (Baker), on an unknown 



shrub. 



Genus PARALECANI¥M Cockerell 



Type, Lecanium frenchii Maskell. 

 Female flat or slightly convex, legs and antennse slender, 

 margin of body with fan-shaped scales. 



Synoptic table of the species. 



a\ Adult female red-brown; antennae 7-jointed; legs well developed (Plate 

 II, fig. 10) luzonicum. 



a'. Adult female pale yellowish; antennae 3-jointed; no legs (Plate II, fig. 

 11) _ cocophyllse. 



