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anterior to the posterior marginal 8-shaped pores ; 1 pair of setae in the posterior 

 row of multilobular pores, 2 pairs in each of the next 4 rows, and 1 pair in 

 each of the next 2 rows. 



Apex of abdomen : Notch present ; lobes indicated ; setae, apical 80 (x long, 

 interapical 9-10.8 /* long, dorsal 10.8 fx long, inner ventral 6.5 fi long, outer ventral 

 9 /x long ; anal ring with 6 setae 36-40 \x long, apparently with an inner row of 6 

 and an outer one of 14 pores, apparently divided on dorsal side and tending toward 

 division on ventral side; ventral surface of apex sclerotized in dentate rows. 



Larva. — Apparently nearly elliptical. 



Margin : With 28 8-shaped pores, the posterior 8 pairs slightly smaller than the 

 next 5, and the anterior pair a little larger than any others, axes of the posterior 

 6 pairs somewhat diagonal, of the others longitudinal ; apparently 3 pairs of setae 

 at anterior end. 



Dorsal surface : With 9 submeclian pores and 1 lateral 8-shaped pore, on each 

 half of body, anterior submedian pore slightly larger than the others, all about 

 three-fourths as large as marginal pores of same segments ; disk pores in lateral 

 area and a few in submarginal area ; a pair of small setae anterior to anterior 

 submedian 8-shaped pores. 



Ventral surface : Antennal setae, I, 2 ; IV, 1 ; V, ; VI, 2 long, 2 stout, 3 fairly 

 stout, 2 slender ; antennal bases about one-half length of antenna apart ; beak 

 setae, 2 pairs apical, 1 pair basal ; spiracle with 1 trilocular and 1 quadrilocular 

 or quinquelocular pore; leg setae, coxa 4, femur 1 on inner margin near base 

 and 1 each on inner and outer margins near center, tarsus 2 on inner and 1 on 

 outer margin ; tibia two-thirds length of tarsus ; 9 pairs of submarginal 8-shaped 

 pores; submarginal minute setae in a double row of 6 pairs posterior to posterior 

 spiracles and in a single row of 3 pairs anterior to posterior spiracles, 1 pair of 

 submarginal larger setae at anterior end ; apparently 3 pairs of setae between 

 antennae and mouth parts. 



Apex of abdomen : Notch present ; setae, apical apparently at least 54 /x long, 

 interapical apparently 7.2 /x long, dorsal 5.4 /x long, inner ventral apparently 3.6 

 fi long, outer ventral 6.3 /x long (exact length of some setae indeterminable owing to 

 position on slide) ; anal ring with 6 setae 18 ix long and with an inner row of 6 

 and an outer row of 13 pores, apparently divided on dorsal side and tending 

 toward division on ventral ; ventral surface of apex apparently slightly sclerotized 

 close to margin. 



Data. — Redescribed from specimens (three females and two larvae, 

 mounted) on a forest shrub, Sao Bernardo, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 

 H. S. Lepage collector, April 13, 1934, from A. Hempel, cotype. 



This is the only species examined by the writer in which the larvae 

 have a double row of submarginal setae on the abdomen, although in 

 quaesitum there are two pairs of setae on one segment. 



Asterolecanium sasae, new species 



(Fig. 62, A-D; pi. 7, E) 



Habit.- — Living on the lower surface of leaves. 



Test of female. — Elongate ovoid, tapering rather sharply to posterior end ; 

 often deeply indented by growth against hairs on leaf ; 1.5-2 mm. long, 0.8-1.10 

 wide ; moderately convex dorsally, sometimes with a faint longitudinal median 

 carina ; flat ventrally ; pale lemon yellow, transparent, thin, smooth ; marginal 

 filaments whitish, slightly longer at anterior end than elsewhere ; dorsal filaments 

 whitish, fragmentary, occurring in a submarginal and a median row ; larval exit 

 narrow, in ventral surface at margin. 



Adult female, — In shape similar to test, 1.25-1.85 mm. long, 0.75-1 wide. 



Margin : 8-shaped pores in a single row terminating around length of apical 

 seta from bases of setae, posterior pores around 10.8 fx long and 6 wide, others 

 around 12.6 fx long and 7.2 wide, around a pore's width apart ; quinquelocular 

 pores in a single row, terminating at a point 1O-20 8-shaped pores before end of 

 row of those pores (missing opposite 23 8-shaped pores at anterior end of 1 

 specimen examined), about half as numerous as corresponding 8-shaped pores 

 near posterior end, usually at least as numerous as 8-shaped pores elsewhere ; 

 disk pores dorsad of 8-shaped pores and much less numerous than these, terminat- 

 ing about halfway between the posterior 8-shaped pores and the posterior 

 quinquelocular pores. 







