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segment except the basal one bears two whorls of long (0'7 mm.) hairs. 
The extremities of the segments appear swollen and the intermediate 
portion is narrower, producing a decided hour-glass effect. 
Larva (mounted) : About 0"86 mm. long. Antennae 6-jointed, about 
0-33 mm. long without terminal setae ; longest terminal seta about 
1*1 mm. long. 
Caudal extremity with 4 very long setae, the longest of which is about 
1*2 mm. long. 
The approximate length of the antennal segments is as follows : (1) 50 ; 
(2) 68 ; (3) 50 ; (4) 45 ; (5) 52 ; (6) 160 /x. 
The setae around the margin of the body are about 0-415 mm. long. 
The dermis has a number of large disc-rosette gland-pores, with a wide 
beaded rim. 
Habitat : On large tree Eui^horhia, East London, CP. Collected by 
Chas. P. Lounsbury, 1898 ; also by J. L. King, East London, January, 
1915. 
Eemarks : The following note, which was made at the time of the first 
collection of material, appears in the Cape records : Large leery a-like 
Coccid on Euphorbia, East London. Occurs in small but well-defined 
patches on its host-plant. Has no ovisac like that of I. purchasi. It is 
preyed upon by Bodolia chermisina. Adult $ flat and naked beneath, 
very convex above, and coated with a thick covering of white meal. 
Larvae hatching 17.X.'98." 
Collection No. : 7. 
50. ICERYA NATALENSIS (Douglas). 
Ortonia natalensis Douglas, Ent. Mon. Mag., xxv., p. 86, 1888. 
„ pp. 232, 233, 1889. 
Lewis, Journ. Q. Mic. Club, iii., 2, p. 356, 1889. 
Icerya ,, Eernald, Catalogue, p. 25, 1903. 
Until a few days ago (March 16, 1915) this species had apparently 
been lost sight of for about eighteen years. It was originally collected by 
the late Eev. J. E. Ward, of Eichmond, Natal, in 1888, and sent to Mr. G. 
Henderson, who was then editor of the British Bee Journal. In turn, it 
was given to Mr. E. T. Lewis, who passed it on to Mr. J. W. Douglas, the 
describer of the species. 
Mr. Arnold W. Cooper, of Eichmond, Natal, is the only other person 
known to me who has collected this species, and according to a letter just 
received from him, the insects were only found in the immediate neigh- 
bourhood of Eichmond, i.e. on the banks of the Illovo and at Byrne. 
Mr. Cooper also informs me that the host-plants given for this species, 
