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orifices, posterior laterals of 8 or 9. Numerous filiform tubular 

 spinnerets. 



Luzon, Tayabas, Lucban (Townsend) , on Arenga saccharifera 

 and Cycas circinalis; Manila, on an orchid quarantined by Mr. 

 A. Craw at San Francisco. 



This was the first coccid to be recorded from the Philippine 

 Islands. 



Genus SCHIZASPIS Cockerell and Robinson 

 Type, Schizaspis lobata Cockerell and Robinson. 



Female scale small, almost circular, flattened; exuviae large. 

 Adult with margins deeply incised, lobed between the incisions ; 

 no circumgenital glands ; anal orifice large, near hind end ; lobes 

 and fringed plates well developed. Immature female oval, not 

 lobed at sides. Male scale elongate, but not parallel-sided, white 

 with yellow terminal exuviae, not keeled. 



Schizaspis lobata Cockerell and Robinson. 



Schizaspis lobata Cockerell and Robinson, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 

 (1915), 34, 423. 



Female scale nearly circular, about 0.75 millimeter in diameter, 

 flat, yellowish brown, surface beaded with prominences in con- 

 centric rows; exuviffi sublateral or central, dull golden yellow. 

 Adult female about 0.5 millimeter in diameter, circular, with 

 seven deep constrictions, the margin between them convex (Plate 

 IV, fig. 7) ; caudal margin with median lobes stout, having three 

 almost equal notches, second lobes prominent, round projections 

 shorter than the median lobes; between the median lobes two 

 fringed plates, laterad of these lobes a spine and two fringed 

 plates, laterad of the _ second lobes a fringed plate and a series 

 of spinelike plates, a short spine tips the second lobe (Plate IV, 

 fig. 6). Anal orifice large, not far from hind end. 



Male scale nearly 1 millimeter long, white with yellow exuvia. 



Luzon, Laguna, Los Banos (Baker), on Ficus nota. 



Genus PARLATORIA Targioni Tozzetti 



Type, Coccus ziziphus Lucas. 

 "Species of which the scale of the female is long, narrow at 

 the base, then enlarging suddenly ; the exuviae of a rounded oval 

 form. The margin of the anal segment is indented and presents 

 in each notch some platelike scales. On the upper side near 

 the margin are two rows of isolated pores. The scale of the 



