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with distinct serrations at or near the base of the dorsal edge. The individual 
glands forming the compound marginal groups, circular; central orifice escutcheon- 
like ; periphery with from 2-4 clear, bead-like processes ; when two of the latter 
are present they are arranged on opposite sides ; when there are three they form 
a triangle, and when four in number they are equilaterally placed. Length 
(average), 4 mm. 
On Ficus sp. (Bark-cloth tree) ; Entebbe, Uganda, 16. IIT. 1911(C. C. Gowdey). 
The tests of this species bear a very strong resemblance to those of 7’, decorella, 
Mask., but they are generally larger and less regular in form. The female differs 
from the latter in the great length of the hairs of the anal ring; and from 
T. actinella, Cockerell, in the absence of antenne. 
A large percentage of the insects are infested with Chalcidids. 
Aonidia glandulosa, sp. n. 
Aonidia glandulosa, Newstead, Draper (sine descr.), Scale-Insects of Egypt, 
ps 11 (1907). 
Female puparium.—Straw-coloured or ochreous buff with faint patches of dull 
orange-yellow ; highly convex, sometimes obconical, with the highest portion 
towards the anterior margin ; margins thin and sometimes rounded ; larval pellicle 
yellow, generally completely hidden; second pellicle invariably covered with 
secretion. Ventral surface white, with an external zone of pale yellowish white ; 
second pellicle large, bright orange-yellow, nude. Ventral scale white ; circular ; 
thick at the margins, thin and semi-transparent centrally. Diameter, 1.25 mm. 
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Fig. 14.—Aonidia glandulosa, Newst. ; a, adult female ; }, margin of pygidium ; c, nymphal 
(second stage) female. 
Female, adult (fig. 14, a)—With the cephalic segment strongly defined and 
distinctly articulated, anterior margin very broadly rounded. Rudimentary 
antenne with a simple spine, Parastigmatic glands 5-6 in number, large; just 
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