The Coccidae of South Africa. 
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segments being :— (1) 44 ; (2) 68 ; (3) 85 ; (4) 68 ; (5) 58 ; (6) 68 ; (7) 58 ; 
(8) 58 ; (9) 68 ; (10) 58. 
$ (half-grown) : About 1*3 mm. long, flesh-pink in colom-, with very 
short lateral filaments and two short caudal ones, which in a few cases 
reached one-fourth the length of the body. 
$ adult ; When living the ? is about 2 mm. long, and is pale brown 
to dark olivaceous-brown in colour. In boiling NaOH the colour changes 
to reddish-brown. The antennae are 8-jointed in the thirteen specimens 
studied, and present the following range of variation : — (1) 36-45 ; 
(2) 54-62 ; (3) 52-68 ; (4) 34-38 ; (5) 44-52 ; (6) 32-36 ; (7) 34-44 ; 
(8) 92-98. 
The mentum is long and narrow ; the eyes are small and incon- 
spicuous. 
The dermis has many gland-pores, which are all small. Many of these 
are supplied with hair-like spines, which are generally short in the pos- 
terior region, but long between the antennae. The lateral spine areas are 
normal, with two short conical spines and 6 to 10 small gland-pores. The 
legs approximate : — 
I. 
85 
108 
240 
68 
176 
30 
112 
11. 
85 
120 
265 
68 
220 
30 
125 
III. 
85 
120 
290 
72 
255 
34 
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The tarsal digitules are clubbed hairs. 
The setae of the anal lobes range from 170 to 210 ji ; those of the anal 
ring average 165 /z in length. 
Habitat : On rhenosterbosch [Elytropappus rhinocerotis Less.). Col- 
lected at Newlands, CP., January, 1915, by C. P. van der Merwe. 
It gives me great pleasure to associate my mother's name with this 
species. 
Collection No. : B 58. 
27. PSEUDOCOCCUS SACCHAEI (CkU.). 
Dactylopius sacchari Ckll., Jn. Trin. Nat. Club, ii., p. 195, 1895. 
Green, Mem. Dept. Agr. India, II., i., p. 23, 1908. 
The mealy-bug which is so abundant in the sugar-cane of Natal is 
undoubtedly of this species. Specimens have also been received recently 
from Beira and Tzaneen (Tr.). 
The original description by Prof. Cockerell was made from alcohol 
specimens, and the measurements given later, in 1899, were probably 
made from a limited number of females. The following details are 
therefore added to assist in future determination. 
