Aspkliotits sphaerioides 



G. LEONARDI 



Craw, Injurious Insect Pests foimd on Trees 

 on Flants from foreign Countries 

 (fieth bienaal Report of the State Board 

 of Horticulture of the State of Cali- 

 fornia 1895-96, PI. Vili, fig. 6) pag. 35. 

 CockerelL A Check-List of the Coccidae (Bull, 

 of the Illin. Stat. Labor. of Nat. Hi- 

 stor. ; Urbana, Illinois, Voi. IV, 1896) 

 pag. 334. 



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Foemina /lava. <\„ porr ohoratorolundato, cephalothorace lato, 

 postice acuta. Paraphyses numerosae, statura variae, vel brevissimae 

 vel longiores. Pedina brexia, rix denficalata, quae ultra, margo py- 

 gìdi in cristas quatuor rei quinque est eteratalm temùter denticula- 

 ius. Disculi ciripari 4 — 4 Long. 880 /a. 

 3 — 4* 



Folliculus foemineus circularis, robustus, colore brunneo ratde 

 juscescenti ; exuviis nigris ; umbilico percompicuo. Velum ventrale 

 róbustum. Diam. Ì280 /a. 



Habitat super Linum usitatissimum — Nuova Zelanda. 



Femia ina col corpo obovato, rotondata e larga nella regione ceiala- 

 toracica, conica acuta posteriormente. Pigidio, oltre alle ordinarie pa- 



