Tlie Coccidae of South Africa. 
155 
follows :— (1) 106-120 ; (2) 100-115 ; (3) 105-125; (4) 95-105 ; (5) 100-124 ; 
(6) 85-95 ; (7) 85-95 ; (8) 180-200. 
The 7-jointed form is unusual. One specimen, measuring 1*7 mm. 
when mounted, has one antenna distinctly 7-segmented and the other 
apparently 6-jointed owing to the failure of 6 and 7 to separate. The 
measurements of the 7-jointed form are : (1) 115 ; (2) 108 ; (3) 125 ; 
(4) 102 ; (5) 112 ; (6) 88 ; (7) 188. 
The terminal spine is stout and blunt. 
The legs are long and bear numerous spines. The approximate 
measurements in are : — 
I. 
123 
200 
530 
123 
430 
50 
330 
II. 
150 
240 
530 
130 
500 
50 
360 
III. 
150 
240 
550 
130 
525 
50 
385 
The trochanter is quite different from the usual Coccid form in that it 
is quite small, narrow, and almost annular. The derm is characterized 
by slightly curved, bluntly pointed gland-spines with dilated bases. The 
distribution of these corresponds to the position of the waxy plates and 
the attachment of the ovisac. 
The eyes are small, hemispherical, and deeply pigmented. 
There are no caudal lobes and no setae ; the anal ring bears 6 hairs 
measuring approximately 150 ^. 
Habitat : On lantana, coleus, gardenia, camellia, ixora, jacaranda, 
cestrum, chrysanthemum, etc. Known to occur along the coast-belt 
from Cape Town to Natal. 
I have recently (February, 1915) received this species on Githaroxylon 
sp. from Mr. James Wylie, Curator of the Municipal Botanic Gardens of 
Durban, who writes me that he has also seen it on Hamelia patens, 
Thunhergia erecta, Ruellia and Lantana. 
This species was probably introduced many years ago. It was first 
reported as a pest in 1898 by C. P. Lounsbury, when it was exceptionally 
abundant on a few lantana hedges in the Cape Peninsula. 
Collection No. : 12. 
Subfamily COCCINAE. 
The subfamily Coccinae comprises a small number of insects which 
resemble the mealy-bugs (Pseudococcinae) very much, but differ mainly in 
the hairless anal ring. 
As constituted at present, only two genera are included in this sub- 
family, the cochineal insects {Coccus spp.) and an aberrant group included 
