26 
Australia. 
A.(subg.f) acaciae Morg. — 2 scale circular, convex; exuvia^ central, orange-yellow; 
diam. of .scale about 1 mm. 2 with one pair of lobes, no groups of ventral 
glands. On Acacia pycnantk*. Tasmania. (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1889, p. 353.) Has- 
kell reports it on Eucalyptus from Xew South Wales, 
var. propinquus Mask. — Exuviae deeper red. $ scale elliptical, white. $ dark 
red. On Acacia and Hakea Maligna, New South Wales. (N. Z. Trans., xxv, 
205.) 
A. (subg. t) bossieae Mask. — o scale circular, convex, dirty white to yellow, sometimes 
dark brown, soft and woolly looking ; exuviae central, very small and incon- 
spicuous, yellow. 9 dark brown, with two rounded lobes, and a second pair 
rudimentary; no groups of ventral glands. On Bossiea procumbens. (N. Z. 
Trans., xxiv, 11.) 
A. {subg. f) casuarinae Mask. — 9 scale dark yellowish-brown, circular, rather convex; 
exuviae yellow. 9 yellow, (J lobes, no groups of ventral glands. $ scale 
elongated. < »n Casuarina equiseUfolia. | \. /. Trans., xxvi, 66.) 
A., (subg./) ceratus Mask. — 2 scale snow 
wbite, circular, convex, usually oc- 
curring massed; exuviae central, 
faintly yellow, with a white cover- 
ing. 9 orange, two lobes only, with a 
pair of club-shaped processes arising 
from their inner bases; no groups of 
ventral glands; a peculiar widely 
bifid plate on the margin some dis- 
tance from each lobe. On Acacia 
stenophylla. | X. /. Trans.,xxvii, 39.) 
Fig. 15— Aspidiotus rosti (original). K. (Chrysomphalus) cladii Mask. — 9 scale 
rich dark brown, the margin orange- 
red, and the central exuviae dark yellow, g scale elongated. 2 wit li no groups 
of ventral glands. On Cladium. (N. Z. Trans., xxiii, 3.) On aloe in Natal, as 
well as various localities in Australia, where it occurs on Xerotes and I.ep'ulo- 
sperma as well as (Indium. 
A. (8kIxi. /) eucalypti Mask. — 9 scab; circular, slightly convex, dirty white; exuviae 
central, verj inconspicuous. 9 with large median lobes; no groups of ventral 
glands, but rows of pores along the margins of the hindmost segments; a deep 
constriction behind the cephalothorax. after the manner of articulatus. £ scale 
narrow, elongated] exuviae terminal, as in Diaapis. On Eucalyptus. (Tr. Roy. 
Soc. S. Australia for 1888.) 
var. comatus Mask. — Distinguished by the nonincised lobes and the longer hairs 
in couples. Found on Eucalyptus viminalis. (N.Z. Trans., xxviii, 385.) 
A. (Chentraspis.) extensus Mask. — 9 scale dirty yellow or brown, convex, first skin 
black. 9 dark brown, w r ith a single pair of contiguous lobes, after the 
manner of Ckionaspis minor; no groups of ventral glands. £ dark brow T u. 
I >n Eucalyptus capitellata. (X. Z. Trans., xxvii, 41.; 
A. (Aspidiotus s. str.) fimbriatus Mask. — 9 scale circular, flat, very thin, first skin 
uncovered. 9 yellow, three pairs of lobes, scale-like plates; four groups of 
ventral glands, cephalolaterals and caudolaterals each of about 10 to 14. On 
Eugenia smitkii. (X. Z. Trans., xxv, 208.) Described as a doubtful Diaspis, 
on account of the elongated form of the 9 . 
A. (Chrysomphalus) fodiens Mask. — 9 scale circular, slightly convex, grayish or 
reddish-brown; exuvhe central, bright orange, forming a slight boss, often 
covered with a thin grayish coating. 9 orange, 6 lobes, scale-like serrated 
plates; 4 groups of ventral glands, not over 5 orifices in a group. Very near 
to cladii, hut smaller. On Acacia. (N. Z. Trans., xxiv.) 
