SCALE INSECTS OF THE GENUS PARLATORIA 15 
Australia by A. B. Wells in 1933 (Phila. No. 17911), and on palm 
from France by A. G. Harley in 1928 (Phila. No. 9191). 
The combination of platelike fourth and fifth lobes, paragenitals 
combined into two clusters, and relatively numerous dorsal inter- 
mediate microducts on the anterior abdominal segments seems to 
provide an adequate basis for the recognition of this species. 
PARLATORIA OLEAE (Colvée) 
(BI4 A pl 8s Coe pls ahs A) 
Owing chiefly to Lindinger’s work (24, p. 1/1) the so-called olive 
parlatoria, the species described as Parlatoria affinis Newst. and 
calianthina Berl. and Leon., has come to have the name P. oleae 
(Colvée) generally accepted for technical reference use. It has been 
assumed here that Lindinger’s study of Colvée’s very extended dis- 
cussion of his species (77) has fully substantiated his conclusion as 
to its zoological identity, although, as will be noted, some of the 
synonomy of other species with this that has been published by Lin- 
dinger has proved definitely unacceptable. 
In 1936 Lindinger (35, p. 150), in a miscellaneous discussion on 
scale insects, listed a number of species and varietal names as syno- 
nyms of Parlatoria oleae (Colvée). There are no type or other au- 
thentic representatives of a part of these at hand for study, and to 
avoid further confusion no mention is made here of names unrepre- 
sented by study material, although with some the synonomy listed 
by Lindinger has been confirmed by other workers on the basis of 
actual examination of authentic specimens belonging with the name. 
Among the names included in Lindinger’s list are Parlatoria affinis 
Newst. (44, p. 97) and P. calianthina Berl. and Leon. (2, p. 346), 
long accepted as synonyms of o/eae. Examination of cotype speci- 
mens of the first and presumably authentic Italian specimens of the 
second confirms this synonomy. Among others lsted are P. theae 
CkIL., viridis Ckll. (described as theae viridis), theae ewonymi CAL, 
sinensis Maskell, and cinerea “Cockerell and Hadden.” The last, 
cinerea, has been discussed earlier in this publication, and there will 
be fuller treatment of the others later under the names theae and 
pergandii. At this point it is sufficient to state that on the basis of 
a study of type specimens of each it is erroneous to place any of them 
as a synonym of o/eae.® 
Adult female.—Eyespot located near body margin, of medium size, irregularly 
oval, very lightly sclerotized, and often not recognizable owing to condition of 
specimen. Pach anterior spiracle accompanied by 3 to 10: disk pores; posterior 
spiracles without an invaginated dermal pocket between each and body margin. 
Duct tubercles short conical, larger posteriorly, only slightly expanded, relatively 
numerous on prosoma; numbers for each side of body as follows: Prespiracular, 
range 0 to 5, average 2; anterior spiracular, range 4 to 12, average 7; interme- 
diate, range 1 to 10, average 3.75; posterior spiracular, range O to 7, average 
2.2; first abdominal, range 0 to 3, average 1.1; total number per side, range 
9 to 34, average 16. Submarginal dorsal tubular ducts usually numerous, 56 
or more on each side of body, observed range 29 to 100 to a side, average 69; 
6 Through the consideration of its describer, the writer recently has been able to examine 
specimens representing part of the type material of Parlatoria fluggeae Hall (Bull. Ent. 
Research 20: 359-360. 1929), another one of the species placed by Lindinger as a 
synonym of oleae. WHall’s species is plainly not identical with oleae. Instead, it very 
closely resembles cinérea Hadden but appears, from the material examined, to be wholly 
without the large dorsal macroducts within the frame of the paragenital pores which are 
so conspicuous a feature of cinerea. 
