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Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa. 
Eriococcus araucariae Lounsb., Eep. Ent. Cape Good Hope, p. 19, 1897. 
Fuller, First Eep. Ent. Natal, p. 107, 1900. 
The insect here referred to is not in entire agreement with Maskell's 
original description of E. arancariae, but is evidently the same as that 
reported from America as Bhizococcus araucariae (Mask.) by Com stock. 
It has been estabhshed in South Africa for many years, and is now wide- 
spread throughout the Union. The following measurements from South 
African material may be useful for comparison : — 
Antennal segments vary within the range: — (1) 24-32; (2) 48-54; 
(3) 56-64 ; (4) 42-50 ; (5) 20-30 ; (6) 20-26 ; (7) 27-36. 
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E. araucariae. 
The caudal lobes are long (100 ju) and narrow, and bear several strong, 
stout, blunt spines and a single seta which is often 200 fi long. 
The hairs of the anal ring (8) are generally 135 ^ long. 
Collection No. : 30. 
Gen. PUTO Signoret. 
In his " Essai," p. 341, 1875, Dr. Signoret defines the genus as 
follows (figure references omitted) : — 
Ce genre nouveau se basera surles yeux proeminents dans la femelle, la presence 
de douze yeux, dont quatre grands, et huit ocelles dans le male ; I'absence dans les 
