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Rudimentary gonapophyses three in viviparous females and four in oviparous 
females. \ 
Rostrum very short.! 
Shivaphis celti, sp. nov. 
Host.—Celtis australis (The Indian Elm). 
Vern. ‘‘ Batkar’’ ; the fruit is known as “ Indarba.’’ 
Distinguishing features. —This pretty insect is not likely to be mistaken for any 
other occurring anywhere in the vicinity, so characteristic is its appearance even to 
the naked eye. They give one the idea of small pieces of cotton wool, ranged along 
the ventral veins of the Celtis leaves. They jump off with the slightest touch or 
shake of the branch and settle upon another leaf or twig always scrambling to the lower 
surface, unless the upper surface happens to be quite in the shade. 
Under a lens the species shows the whole body, including the legs and wings, 
quite laden with the waxy flocculence, which flows at the two ends of the body into 
long thick, hair-like processes. Over the white back four rows of dark glands running 
lengthwise from the head to the cauda are conspicuous. 
Other distinguishing characters are :— 
The speckled wings ; very small ring-like cornicles ; U-shaped, bilobed anal plate, 
and the ringed antennae, bearing a very small nail-like terminal process to the 6th 
article. eat . : 
Figures I and 2 show it as it appears to the naked eye and under a lens 
respectively. 
MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION. 
Apterous viviparous female.—Body covered on all sides with white woolly 
flocculence, streaming out more particularly from the head, legs, anal end, and the 
lateral and dorsal glands; after removal of the flocculence with a drop of spirit the 
insect shows an elongated oval form, with wavy or festooned edges. Large glands 
occupy the lateral convexities. 
Prevailing colour pale or dusky greenish ; intermixed in the colony pink-coloured 
individuals are more abundant from September to November than in March and 
April. 
Head black or dark green, without frontal tubercles; the front is grooved, with 
a large gland on either side. Two more glands on the dorsal surface. These secrete 
the flocculence which often projects anteriorly or upwards. 
I [A few corrections and additions are necessary to the characters of the genus Shivaphıs, as given 
by Mr. Das :— 
(a) Mr. Das does not mention the presence of a distinct hair-rim with the primary sensoriae and a 
very small one on the secondary sensoriae. 
(b) The cornicles are distinctly raised above the level of the dorsum, their length being about 
half their diameter. : 
(c) The rudimentary gonapophysae in the viviparous females are 2 in number; in most cases they 
are fused together. In the oviparous female the number will very likely be the same. 
(d) No mention is made of 2 well-developed enlarged ‘ empodial hairs’’ (‘‘haftlappchen”’) at the 
base of the tarsal claws, as present in all Callipterinae. P. v. d. G.]. 
