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trilocular pores in a single row terminating 2-11 8-shaped pores from end of row, 

 about half as numerous as 8-shaped pores near ends of body (sometimes absent 

 opposite about 20 8 shaped pores at anterior end) and about as numerous as 

 corresponding 8-shaped pores elsewhere. 



Dorsal surface: Minute 8-shaped and disk pores sparse; tubular ducts 24 /* 

 long. 



Ventral surface : Antenna very short, with 2 setae longer and 1 much shorter 

 than diameter of antenna ; beak with 2 pairs of setae ; spiracle with bar ex- 

 panded at inner end, atrium enlarged and containing 4-6 quinquelocular pores, 

 9-12 similar pores extending from spiracle to body margin in a single row; 

 multilocular pores, with 10 loculi, in 2 complete rows, each with 11-13 ; a group 

 of 9-13 dark-rimmed 8-shaped pores each side of beak and a few apparently in 

 3 transverse rows on abdomen; submarginal 8-shaped pores in a single row 

 terminating near median line, usually as numerous as corresponding marginal 

 8-shaped pores ; submarginal setae in a complete row terminating about one-third 

 length cf apical seta from bases of apical setae ; 1 pair of setae in each row of 

 multilocular pores. 



Apex of abdomen: Notch present: lobes indicated: setae, apical 60 n long, 

 interapical 14-16 /x long, a pair 4 /x long entad of interapical very close to margin 

 on ventral surface, outer ventral 3.6 m long ; anal opening ventral, inconspicuous ; 

 anal tube membranous, inconspicuous ; anal ring consisting of 2 sclerotized ellip- 

 tical plates, which are nearly contiguous, and each of which has a seta 27-29 n 

 long at each end and a large clear area in center ; a circular opening between 

 the 2 plates. 



Data. — Described from unmounted material and three mounted 

 females on A+talea sp.. Colon Province, Panama, H. Pittier, July- 

 August 1911, U. S. N. H., holotype and paratypes; one empty test and 

 one mounted female on Attalea cohune, Culebra, Canal Zone, H. Pittier, 

 November 1911, U. S. N. H., paratype. 



Kesembling bondari and truncatum, but differing from each in 

 having four pairs of setae on the apex of the abdomen. 



ASTEROLECANIUM PALMAE Cockerell 



(Fig. 47, H-M; pi. 6, H) 



First referred to by Cockerell in 1892 (U, p. 333) as follows: "(16) 

 F iorinia camelliae Comst. on Coconut, near Montego Bay. (Coll. 

 by Dr. Sinclair). On the same leaves I find a curious yellow creature, 

 with a fringe all round, and some pink filaments at each end, so is it 

 possibly the young form of F iorinia?" Later in 1892 (15, p. 1^2) 

 Cockerell commented on this insect as follows: "The 'curious yellow 

 creature' has nothing to do with Fiorima, but is a new species of 

 Asterolecanium, or a closely allied genus." In April 1893 (16, p. 255) 

 he listed the species as Asterolecanium palmae, n. sp., and described 

 it in papers, published in April 1893 (17, p. 77), in 1894 (18, p. 308), 

 and in 1896 (19, p. 9). The species was erroneously recorded by 

 Fernald in 1903 (32, p. 52) as having been described in the Journal of 

 the Institute of Jamaica, volume 1, 1892, page 76. 



The original description of Asterolecanium Jineare Lindinger was 

 contained in an article published by Brick in 1909 (13, pp. ^-1^50), 

 and the species was listed as Asterolecanium lineare, n. sp., in an 

 article by Lindinger immediately following the one by Brick (60, p. 

 Ip61i). The description is inadequate to separate the species from 

 many others found on palm. In 1936, however, Lindinger stated that 

 lineare was a synonym of palmae (6J±, p. 153). Although there is a 

 possibility that he erred in the assignment, the synonymy is accepted 

 by the writer, who has not had authentic specimens of lineare for 

 comparison. 



