THE SCALE INSECT GENUS ASTEROLECAXIUM 157 



Apex of abdomen: Notch small; lobes sometimes indicated; setae, apical 

 40 fi long-, interapical 10 /x long, a pair 1 p long entad of interapical, outer 

 ventral 2 fi long; anal opening apical; anal tube very short, faintly sclerotized; 

 anal ring a sclerotized band, with 2 setae apparently 2 /* long. 



Third-stage male. — Resembling adult female, but smaller; margin with 

 trilocular or quinquelocular pores missing opposite only 2 or 3 of the anterior 

 8-shaped pores, or on entire margin anterior to anterior spiracular pore bands, 

 present elsewhere and terminating between the posterior pair of marginal 

 8-shaped pores and apical setae, approximately twice as numerous as corre- 

 sponding 8-shaped pores; ventral surface having atrium of spiracle slightly 

 enlarged but without pores, 2 or 3 pores between spiracle and body margin, 

 legs represented by 3 pairs of small, circular, sclerotized areas, each with a 

 distinct claw ; apex of abdomen with Lobes indicated, apical setae 35 y. long, 

 interapical setae 1.5 fi long, outer ventral setae 3 n long; anal opening apical, 

 circular, its margin slightly sclerotized; no anal tube or anal ring but 2 setae 3 n 

 long on edge of opening. 



Data. — Described from specimens (34 females. 2 second-stage speci- 

 mens, and 14 larvae, mounted) that were removed from U. S. N. H. 

 material of Pinanga from the Philippine Islands. The following lots 

 of host material were involved : P. barnesii, Morong. Luzon, A. Loher ; 

 P. philippinensis, Lamao River. Mt. Mariveles, Batan Province. Luzon, 

 R. S Williams. January 3, 1903; P. insignis. Bongabon River. Mindoro, 

 H. Whitford, June 1906; P. modesta, Lake Lanao. Mindanao. M. S. 

 Clemens. April 1907; P. barnesii, Lucban. Tayabas Province. Luzon, 

 A. D. E. Elmer. May 1907: P. pedicellata, Camiguin. E. Fenix. June- 

 July 1907; P. barnesii, Polillo, C. B. Robinson. August 1909; Pinanga 

 sp.. Butuan, Mindanao. E. D. Merrill. October 1910: P. copelandii, 

 Butuan, Mindanao. C. M. Weber. March-July 1911 : Pinanga sp., near 

 Dupax. Nueva Vizcaya Province. Luzon, R. C. McGregor, March-April 

 1912; P. barnesii, Laguna Province. Luzon, R. C. McGregor, June- 

 August 1915; P. insignis and P. urosperma, Apayao. Luzon, E. Fenix, 

 May 1917: P. barnesii. Catanduanes, M. Ramos, November 14-Decem- 

 ber 11, 1917; 6 females and 3 larvae on Pinanga sp., Catanduanes. M. 

 Ramos. December 11, 1917. holotype and paratypes: P. negros< 

 Dinagat Island. Ramos and Pascasis. May 1919; P. woodeana, Mt. 

 Tokduanbanov, Rizal Province, Luzon, Ramos and Edano. November 

 1926. 



Most closely allied to oraniae. 



Asterolecaxium proboscidis, new species 



(Fig. 53. F-N; pi. 9. ,11) 



Habit. — Living on the lower surface of leaves. 



Test of female.— Nearly circular. 0.7 mm. long, 0.6 wide (this test broken, 

 rubbed, and in poor condition, probably unusually small t : very slightly convex 

 dorsally. Hat ventrally: pale greenish yellow, transparent, very thin; mar 

 filaments fragmentary, apparently same color as test; larval exit Dot apparent. 



Adult female.— Slightly longer than wide or circular, around 0.9 mm. 

 and 0.75 wide, or around 0.95 mm. in diameter. 



Margin: 8-shaped pores in a single row terminating at posterior fifth of 

 body, 12 m long and 8 wide, around a pore's width apart: row of quinqnelocular 

 pores interrupted for a space equal to that occupied by 10-20 8-shaped | 

 at anterior end, and terminating slightly before the posterior 8-shaped pores, 

 the row single anteriorly and posteriorly but doable between spiracular 

 bands and for 5 or 6 8 shaped pores outside of them, 1 or 2 opposite each 

 8-shaped pore where the row is single, 2-4 opposite each 8-shaped lore where 

 it is double; disk pores dorsad of 8-shaped pores and continued beyond them 

 posteriorly, terminating near apical setae, 1 near each 8-shaped pore when 

 the latter are present, and spaced at the same intervals posterior to 8-shaped 



