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Group IT].—HEMICOCCIDIN Ai. 
N.Z. Trans., Vol. XVI., 1883, p. 128. 
Larve presenting at the extremity of the abdomen two 
conspicuous protuberances, or ‘ anal tubercles,” as in the follow- 
ing group, Coccidine ; abdominal cleft and lobes absent. 
Adult females exhibiting the abdominal cleft and lobes of 
Lecanidine. Insects naked or covered with secretion. 
The formation of this group has been necessary to include 
certain insects, e.g., Kermes, which are evidently intermediate 
between the Lecanidine and the Coccidine, exhibiting at various 
stages the characters of each. 
SUBDIVISIONS AND GENERA. 
Suspivision [,. 
Adult females naked or covered with 
horny secretion, without fringe KERMITIDA. 
Adult females globular KeRMEs. 
Susprvision II. 
Adult females covered with a test of 
glassy or waxy secretion CrYPTOKERMITIDA. 
Test hard, waxy, with single fringe PoLLINIA. 
Test hard, waxy, with double fringe ASTEROLECANIUM. 
None of the insects belonging to this group have as yet been 
reported as occurring in New Zealand. 
As regards the name “ Kermes”’ included in the foregomg 
list, see N.Z. Trans., Vol. XVII., 1884, p. 17. 
