SOME NEW SCALE INSECTS OF JAPAN. 



I4Q. 



A.sterolecanit€tii IHsete, sp. nov. 

 (Plate IV, figs. 10 and 11) 



Test of adult female : — Subcircular, posterior extremity slightly 

 produced ; dorsal surface moderately convex, with obscure carina. Very 

 pale straw color, transparent, revealing the form of the insect and eggs 

 beneath. Marginal fringe conspicuous, pale pinkish. In fresh examples, 

 numerous long, glassy filaments present on dorsum. 



Diameter 1.2— i^mrn. 



Adult female : — Subcircular or broadly oval. Pale lemon or pale 

 greenish yellow in color. Anal cleft not conspicuous. Anal lobe with a 

 long seta. There exist two or three small spines at base of anal seta. 

 Chitinous lip of anal aperture dense and conspicuous. Anal ring with six 

 long hairs projecting beyond the margin. Inner-marginal simple pores 

 well developed, not numerous. There occur further S-shaped glands 

 slightly larger than those of the margin, scattered over the dorsal area. 



Diameter about 1 mm. 



Habitat : — On leaves and the smaller branches of Litsea glauca Sieb. 

 (Shirodamo), Matsudo in Chiba-Ken. Collected by the writer, January 

 1914. 



Note : — This new insect resembles A. tJicspcsice Green superficially, 

 but is readily distinguishable from it by rather inconspicuous abdominal 

 lobes of the female. 



A.stevolecanixitn tokyottis, sp. nov. 

 (Plate IV, fig. 12) 



Test of adult female : — Approximately circular, abdominal extremity 

 slightly produced. Rostrum nearly central. Parastigmatic glands extend- 

 ing in a narrow band to the margin. On the ventral surface of the last 

 few segments are a number of circular simple pores. Dorsal tubular pores 

 very numerous. Anal lobes not prominent ; each with a sharp and rather 

 short seta with two short spines near the base. Chitinous lip of anal 



