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yellow. Adult female with abdominal segments marked by pro- 

 minent lateral lobes ; caudal margin with two broad semicircular 

 lobes separated by two spinelike plates and followed by two 

 spinelike plates, two lobules of the second lobes rounded and 

 entire, followed by two spinelike plates (Plate V, fig. 4) . Dorsal 

 tubular spinnerets absent or inconspicuous. Circumgenital 

 glands in five groups ; median of 5 or 6 orifices, anterior laterals 

 of 8 to 13, posterior laterals of 6 to 8. 



Male scale similar to female, smaller. 



Luzon, Manila {T owns end) , on a palm; Laguna, Los Banos 

 {Baker), on Erythropalwm scandens. 



Lepidosaphes mcgregori Banks. 



Lepidosaphes mcgregori Banks, Phil. Journ. Sci. (1906), 1, 233. 



Female scale long and narrow, diverging posteriorly, 2.5 mil- 

 limeters long, 0,75 millimeter broad, clear red-brown, exuvise 

 yellow. Adult female elongate; median lobes of caudal margin 

 low and broad with crenulate surface, rounded, lobed on each 

 side; second pair with two lobules, somewhat flat, margins en- 

 tire; two spinelike plates between median lobes, two laterad of 

 second lobes (Plate VI, fig. 4) . Dorsal pores irregular. Circum- 

 genital glands with median group of 4 orifices, anterior laterals 

 of 6, posterior laterals of 5 or 6. Male scale with anterior por- 

 tions pale yellow-brown, posterior and lateral margins narrowly 

 white, 1.45 millimeters long, 0.35 millimeter wide. (From the 

 original description.) 



Luzon, Manila (Banks), on Cocos nucifera. 



Lepidosaphes unicolor Banks. 



Lepidosaphes unicolor Banks, Phil. Journ. Sci. (1906) 1, 234. 



Female scale 1.8 millimeters long, 0.5 millimeter broad, sides 

 nearly parallel ; dark red, including the exuvise. Caudal margin 

 of adult female with median lobes similar to those of L. 

 mcgregori, but not so flat ; second pair rounded ; fringed spinelike 

 plates between median lobes and laterad of the others (Plate 

 VI, fig. 5) . Circumgenital glands scarcely separable into groups, 

 24 orifices in all, median 4 orifices somewhat distinct. (From 

 the original description.) 



Luzon, Manila {Banks), on Cocos nucifera. 



Genus HEMICHIONASPIS Cockerell 



Type, Chionaspis aspidistrse Signoret. 

 Female scale pyriform or elongated and narrow. Female 

 insect broadened posteriorly, conspicuously segmented. Caudal 



