New Zealand Aleyrodidae — Dumbleton 
149 
Fig. 8. Asterochiton aureus Mask. Adult female: a , 
Forewing; b, hind tibia; c, vasiform orifice. 
lectotype: Pupal case on slide mount in 
Masked collection (labelled melicyti ) . 
FOOD PLANT: Melicytus ramiflorus (W.M.M.) . 
TYPE LOCALITY: Auckland. 
material: One pupal case on cardboard 
(Masked material of melicyti) in U. S. Bureau 
of Entomology. Five pupal cases on one slide 
mount (labelled melicyti by Masked, 1878) in 
the Canterbury Museum. 
Adult females and pupal cases were col- 
lected from Melicytus ramiflorus at Ruby Bay, 
Nelson, in January 1952. The pupal cases were 
sparse and few on a leaf and were dead and 
mostly parasitised. 
Asterochiton cerata (Masked) 
Figs. 9, 10 
Aleurodes cerata Masked 1896: 425-6, pi. 26, 
%• i- 
Aleyrodes cerata Mask. Cockered, 1902: 281; 
Kirkaldy, 1907: 49; Quaintance, 1908: 5; 
Quaintance and Baker, 1914: 100. 
larva: Described by Masked (1896: 425). 
Specimen missing. 
pupal case: (Fig. 9). Length 1.1 mm., 
width 0.7 mm. Shape elliptical flat. Dorsum 
covered with white flocculent wax, and a 
narrow ring of clear wax remains on leaf when 
case is removed. Colour yellowish-brown. 
Margin irregularly toothed. Thoracic tracheal 
folds not evident, thoracic tracheal pore (Fig. 
10 a) invaginated with comb of 2 or 3 teeth 
at bottom. Abdominal tracheal folds not evi- 
dent, pore (Fig. 10 b) and comb similar to 
thoracic. Setae: 8th abdominal, caudal and 
posterior marginal setae present. Submargin 
0.03 mm. wide, delimited by line immediately 
mesad of which is a row of about 12 minute 
setae on each half and mesad of these a row 
of 60-65 minute circular pores. Sutures and 
segmentation faint. Pairs of faint paramedian 
pores on abdominal segments 1-7. Vasiform 
Fig. 9. Asterochiton cerata Mask. Pupal case, dorsal. 
