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male of the same color as that of the female and much smaller." 

 (Comstock,) 



Synoptic table of the species. 



a\ Female scale black.— ziziphus. 



a". Not so. 



b^. Adult female elongated; caudal margin without a rudimentary fourth 



lobe (Plate IV, fig. 9) _ „ proteus. 



b'-. Adult female circular or subcircular. 



c\ Female scale slate-colored; fourth lobe of caudal margin dentate 



with a sharp terminal cusp (Plate IV, fig. 10) greeni. 



c^ Female scale light yellow; rudimentary lobe a pointed prominence 

 of body wall bearing a spine (Plate IV, fig. 11) pergandlL 



Parlatoria ziziphus (Lucas). 



Parlatoria ziziphus (Lucas) Fernald, Cat. Coccidae of the World 

 (1903), 322; Sasscer, Joum. Econ. Ent. (1913), 6, 218. 



Parlatoria zizyphus CocKERELL and Robinson, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist. (1915), 34, 426. 



Female scale elongate-oval, 1.75 millimeters long, 0.75 milli- 

 meter wide, black, exuviae at anterior margin. Female insect 

 oval; caudal margin with four pairs of lobes, first three pairs 

 subequal and slightly tricuspid, fourth lobes narrow and pointed ; 

 fringed plates between the lobes (Plate IV, fig. 8). Margin 

 with short tubular spinnerets. Four groups of circumgenital 

 glands, anterior laterals of 6 or 7 orifices, posterior laterals of 

 8 to 10. 



Male scale white, exuvia black ; 1 millimeter long. 



Luzon, Laguna, Los Barios {Baker), on Citrus decumana. 



Recorded by Sasscer on Citrus cuttings from the Philippine 

 Islands. 



Paxlatoria proteus (Curtis). 



Parlatoria proteus (Curtis) Fernald, Cat. Coccidae of the World 

 (1903), 320; Cockerell, Proc. Davenport Acad. Sci. (1905), 10, 134. 



Female scale elongate-oval, 1 to 1.75 millimeters long, 0.50 to 

 0.75 millimeter broad, convex, greenish yellow to grayish brown ; 

 exuviae at anterior margin dark yellow, second skin yellow to 

 brown. Adult female oval; caudal margin with three pairs of 

 lobes similar to those of P. ziziphu^s, plates between the lobes 

 also similar, no rudimentary fourth lobes (Plate IV, fig. 9). 

 Circumgenital glands in four groups, anterior laterals 7, pos- 

 terior laterals 4. 



Male scale elongate, sides parallel, 1 millimeter long, resembles 

 female scale in color and texture. 



Luzon, Manila (Townsend) , on Eugenia malaccensis. 



