1889.] E. T. Atkinson — New Species and Genus of Coccidse. 



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attached transversely to a longitudinal median ridge and give this form 

 a peculiar ribbed apiaearance. 



The larval form is furnished with antennae, legs, rostrum, and anal 

 tubercles bearing long setse (J'ig- 10) . These tubercles are very distinct 

 in the earliest stage of the larva (Vetat emhryonnaire : Fig. 11), and are 

 characteristic of the group. 



The c? is unknown. 



Hab. Mungphu (3800 feet), Sikkim. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. 



Fig. 1. Insoot on twig and leaves : slightly reduced. 



2. Waxy masses on leaves, magnified. 



3. Adult S , dorsal aspect, cotton removed : magnified about 4. 



4. Same, ventral aspect, cotton removed : magnified. 



5. Same, abdominal cleft, lobes, anogenital ring and spinnerets : do. 



6. Same, antennae : x 90. 



7. Same, claw and digitulea : x 90. 



8. Same, spinnerets : magnified. 



9. J of second stage, dorsal aspect, with waxy plates. 



10. Larva, ventral aspect : x 90. 



11. Anal tubercles just before emerging from the egg : magnified. 



12. Edge of the body of larva with hairs &o, : x 350. 



