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Genus LOPHOCQCCUS Cockerell 8 
A comparison of the following apparently new species with 
specimens in the United States National collection of Coccidse 
identified as Lophococcus mirabilis Ckll. shows that the two are 
apparently congeneric. 
Lophococcus convexus sp. nov. 
Adult female . — Presumably occurring on the branches of the 
host; maximum length, 12 . 5 millimeters; maximum width, 9; 
maximum height, 7 ; oval, strongly convex, anterior apex trun- 
cate, posterior rounded ; sides of body nearly perpendicular 
for two-thirds of its total height, this area terminated above by 
distinct and rather prominent lateral ridges about three-fourths 
as long as total length of body ; with a broad, rounded longitudinal 
ridge, more convex medially, along median line dorsally ; ventrally 
flat or somewhat concave; color dark reddish brown; body in 
life evidently covered by more or less mealy or waxy secretion, 
apparently only by a rather thin, more or less uniform coat which 
is easily rubbed off of the more prominent portions of the body ; 
this view is borne out by the absence of any specially differen- 
tiated groups, of gland pores or hairs dorsally, but the exact con- 
dition in life is not determinable from the preserved material. 
* I do not desire to undertake any discussion regarding the possible iden- 
tity or priority of Lophococcus Ckll., Aspidoproctus Newst., and Wallc- 
eriana Sign., as there is not sufficient material available for study to de- 
termine this question finally. 
