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Parlatoria rutherfordi, nom. nor. 
Parlatoria zexjlanica, Unthfd., ‘ Journ. Bom, Nat. Hist. Soc.’ xxiv., p. 114, 
(1915.) 
Rutherford having described two distinct species, under the same name, 
on two consecutive pages of his paper (loc. cit.), a new name is necessary 
for the second species. 
On Cinnamomum, sp. Peradeniya. 
Lecanium desolatum, n. sp. 
Adult female irregularly 
ovate, often narrowed in front, 
flattish. At first yellowish 
green, with an interrupted, 
brown, medio-longitudinal 
stripe ; the margin with a 
radiating series of narrow 
brownish streaks. In older 
examples the dorsum becomes 
sufi'used with reddish brown, 
leaving a broad, pale, median 
fascia. Dorsum pitted with 
polygonal depressions contain- 
ing concentric, superimposed, 
waxy plates. Dead and dried 
examples uniformly pale cast- 
aneous. Antennse 7-jointed ; 
.3 and 4 equal, longest, the 
division between these two 
joints indistinct. Eye spots 
marginal. Tarsus about three- 
quarters the length of the 
tibia. Marginal s e t se («) 
curved, flattened and slightlj- 
dilated at the distal extremity. 
Stigmatic clefts shallow, with a 
denser chitin projecting inwards 
(Fig. 20.) 
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Fig 20. — Ljccanimn desolatum. 
(a) Marginal setae and stigmatic 
spines, X 450. {f>) Anal 
operculum, X 130. 
translucent, wedgeshaped break in the 
from the cleft. Stigmatic spines three 
in the first cleft, two only in the second cleft, small but relatively stout. 
Anal operculum (6) elongate, the base of each valve twice as long as its 
outer edge, surrounded by small, translucent, tear-shaped streaks. 
Derm with minu.te, scattered, translucent pores. Length 3 to 3’75 mm. 
On the undersurface of leaves of Ficus gibhosa : Peradeniya. 
Lecanium (Platylecanium) fusiforme, n. sp. (Fig. 21). 
Adult female (a) flat, broadly fusiform, the anterior and posterior 
extremities produced into beak-like points. Surface smooth, without 
carinte. Colour dull castaneous. Old examples with a thin, colourless 
coating of wax. Eye spots conspicuous, placed far within the margin. 
Antenme small, rudimentary, with from 3 to 4 joints. Limbs absent. 
Anal operculum (c) small, pointed, longer than broad, the base of each 
valve approximately equal to its outer edge. Marginal setie minute, few, 
widely separate. Stigmatic clefts (6) deep, broadly rounded, margined 
inwardly with a narrow chitinous band. A long, slender, translucent streak 
extends inwards from each cleft. Stigmatic spines three, stout, long, all 
of approximately the same size. Marginal area with numerous, small. 
