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row with 5 or 6. each of interrupted rows with 2, the total number observed being 

 37-50; a group of 4-6 dark-rimmed 8-shaped pores each side of mouth parts 

 and a few in lateral area of abdomen; submarginal 8-shaped pores in a single 

 row terminating near median line, half as numerous as corresponding marginal 

 8-shaped pores ; submarginal setae in a complete row terminating near posterior 

 pair of marginal 8-shaped pores ; 2 pairs of setae in posterior row of multilocular 

 pores and 1 pair in each of the other complete rows. 



Apex of abdomen: Lobes indicated; setae, apical 60-64 n long, interapical 

 16-20 m long, intermediate (?) ventral (slightly entad of, and anterior to, inter- 

 apical) 4 fi long; anal opening apical, inconspicuous; anal tube membranous and 

 also inconspicuous ; anal ring consisting of 2 sclerotized elliptical plates each 

 with a seta 32-36 m long at each end and a roughly rectangular, rather clear area 

 in center ; a circular opening between the plates. 



Larva. — Elliptical. 



Margin: With 28 8-shaped pores, the posterior 2 or 3 pairs larger than the 

 next 7 or 9, the anterior 3 or 4 pairs largest of all, axes of all diagonal or trans- 

 verse ; a minute seta close to each pore of the posterior 3 pairs ; 2 pairs of setae 

 at anterior end. 



Dorsal surface : 8-shaped pores apparently in a submedian row of 8-10 and a 



S lateral row of 5-7, on each half of body ; next to anterior submedian pore much 



larger than others, the anterior submedian pore smaller, the others virtually the 

 same size as marginal pores of the same segments, next to anterior lateral pore 

 much larger than the other lateral pores which are slightly smaller than anterior 

 submedian pore ; a few disk pores between lateral and marginal 8-sbaped pores. 



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

 stout ; antennal bases one-third length of antenna apart ; beak setae, 2 pairs 

 apical, 1 pair basal ; spiracle with 1 trilocular and 1 quinquelocular pore ; leg 

 setae, coxa 3. femur 1 on inner margin near base, tarsus 1 on inner margin ; tibia 

 one-third as long as tarsus ; 9 pairs of submarginal 8-shaped pores ; apparently 

 10 pairs of submarginal minute setae, on abdomen, thorax, and head : 3 pairs of 

 setae near antennae. 



Apex of abdomen : Setae, apical 30 fi long, interapical 3.6 fj. long, intermediate 

 (?) ventral (entad of interapical on ventral margin) 1.8 m long; anal opening 

 in margin ; anal tube short, membranous ; anal ring not differentiated from tube. 



Data. — Described from the following material: Unmounted 

 specimens, three mounted females, and six mounted larvae from 

 Maximilliana car'ibaea, Santa Lucreeia, Mexico, B. P. Keko, April 29, 

 1923, U. S. N. H.. holotype and paratypes ; one mounted female from 

 Attalea cohune. "Monte Cachirulo," Guatemala, April 1869, U. S. 

 N. H., paratype ; unmounted material and three mounted females from 

 Attalea cohune, Manzanillo, Mexico, E. Palmer, December 1-31, 1890, 

 U. S. N. H., paratypes; unmounted material and two mounted females 

 from Attalea cohune* La Ceiba, Honduras, intercepted at New Orleans, 

 La,, Benton and Kostal, November 24, 1920, paratypes. 



Allied to pallidum and tondari. 



ASTEROLECANIUM UDAGAMAE Green 



(Fig. 74, G-R; pi. 8, C) 



Described in 1909 on bamboo from Udagama, Ceylon ($?, p. 319). 



Habit. — Living on the lower surface of leaves. 



Test of female. — Elongate, sides parallel, somewhat pointed at posterior end ; 

 about 2.10 mm. long, 0.4 wide ; slightly convex dorsally, with a faint median 

 longitudinal carina ; nearly flat ventrally ; pale greenish yellow, transparent, very 

 thin, punctate: marginal filaments pale greenish yellow, longest at anterior end; 

 dorsal filaments rubbed off ; circular larval exit in ventral surface at margin. 



Adult female. — Elongate, presumably around 2 mm. long, 0.35 wide. 



Margin : 8-shaped pores in a single row apparently terminating around four 

 times a pore's length (around two-thirds length of apical seta) from bases of 

 setae, apparently 9-10 u long and 5 wide, nearly contiguous. 





