(Coccus sorghiellus, n. s.) 
Order Hemiptera. Family Coccid^. 
mg our collections from the sorghum plant made at Cliam- 
this year, was a single vial of specimens bearing a close 
dance to the species of Rhizobius, but evidently belonging to the 
ae, a family not hitherto found upon the sorghum plant. 
body is oval, distinctly segmented, .07 of an inch long by .027 
inch wide, and .024 of an inch deep. The surface was cov- 
y a bluish bloom, and in one alcoholic specimen examined, a 
mass, including a cluster of long hairs, adhered to the anal 
iity. The antennae are short, reaching to the coxae of the first 
4 legs, distinctly eight-jointed, the first two joints thick and 
equal in length, the third as long as the second, but more 
! /ed, the fourth the shortest of all, about as wide as long, 
'of the three following joints is slightly larger and longer than 
eceding, and the eighth is as wide as the second, cylindrical, 
! early as long as the sixth and seventh together. 
j, rostrum is very short, conical, projecting from between the 
!, of the first pair of legs, not as long as the femur, and its 
about half its length. The maxillary filaments are four in 
r and attain the abdomen. 
eyes, placed upon the sides of the head at a distance behind 
,ses of the antennae about equal to the first joint of the latter, 
ack and simple, each consisting of a single ocellus. The tarsi 
one-jointed, two-thirds as long as the tibiae and tapering 
rly to the single claw, which is strongly curved, with a pair 
ider capitate hairs, longer than the claw, springing from its 
Tibiae and femora of about equal length; antennae and legs 
y hairy, and scattered hairs occur upon the surface of the 
md tip of the abdomen. 
only form seen was the wingless female, and belonged appar- 
)>;o the genus Coccus, as defined by Signoret.* It was collected 
t 4. 
aales de la Societe Entomologique de France, trimestre de 1869, p. 102. 
2. The Sorghum Bark Louse. 
