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long, finger-like, rounded apically, slightly 
constricted basally. 
adult: Female , antenna (Fig. 15 a) segment 
3, 0.17 mm. long; 4, 0.04 mm.; 5, 0.05 mm.; 
6, 0.04 mm.; 7, 0.05 mm., flagellum of 7 very 
short about l A as long as base. Wings (Fig. 
15 b) white, immaculate, forewing length 1.4 
mm., Ri absent. Hind tibiae with 22 setae in 
comb. Male, vasiform orifice (Fig. 15c) sub- 
circular. Operculum 0.035 mm. wide, 0.015 
mm. long, emarginate apically. Lingula finger- 
like, 0.035 mm. long, 0.009 mm. wide. 
Clasper (Fig. 15c) 0.12 mm. long, acutely 
pointed, rounded mesally at mid-length. Penis 
(Fig. 15 d) in lateral view roundly angled at 
mid-length, subparallel sided, apically abruptly 
truncate and with slightly hooked tooth. 
holotype: Pupal case on slide mount de- 
posited in Masked collection. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Pelorus Bridge. Collect. 
L.J. D. 20/10/51. 
food PLANT: Pittosporum eugenioides. 
Closely related to Aster ochiton simplex Mas- 
kell from the same food plant. 
Fig. 13. Asterochiton pittospori n. sp. Pupal case, 
dorsal. 
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Margin; b y thoracic tracheal pore; c, abdominal tracheal 
pore; d , vasiform orifice. 
Asterochiton simplex (Maskell) 
Figs. 16-18 
Asterochiton lecanioides Mask, (in part) 1879: 
215-6. 
