102 INSECTS NOXIOUS TO AGRICULTURE. 
64, Psrupococcus asteni#, Maskell. 
N.Z. Trans., Vol: XVI., 1883, p. 139. 
(Plate XVIII. Fig. 2.) 
Adult female about ;);in. long, yellowish-brown, covered 
with a not very abundant white cotton; segmented ; anal: 
tubercles inconspicuous ; anal ring with six hairs. Antenne 
with nine joints, of which the third, fourth, and fifth are the 
longest ; the second, sixth, and ninth a little shorter ; the first, 
seventh, and eighth the shortest. The fourth, fifth, and sixth 
are the narrowest, the two ends of the antenne being thicker 
than the middie. The cighth joint is a little expanded at the 
tip; and the ninth is fusiform, with a shallow depression at the 
extremity. All the joints have a few long hairs, and on the 
eighth is one a good deal stronger than the others. The legs 
have the tibize twice as long as the tarsus; the claw is slender, 
‘and has no tooth on the inner edge. There are only two 
digitules (the lower pair), which are long and fine. The 
trochanter bears one short bristle. The whole leg is slender 
and long. The eyes are tubercular and smooth, showing after 
maceration in potash a small dark terminal spot. The body is 
covered with a number of spinnerets of two kinds: those with 
simple concentric circles are the largest, and are found all over 
the integument; the others are multilocular, and are placed in 
groups at the edges of the segments and also in great numbers 
at the cephalic and abdominal extremities. Interspersed with 
these spimnercts are several hairs, mostly very short, but on the 
head are some pretty long. From the anal tubercles spring two 
strong sete with tubercular bases, not very long. The mentum 
is dimerous, and bears a few hairs on the tip. In the groups of 
spinnerets at the edges of the segments are found a few small 
conical spines. The four spiracles are smail and simple. 
Adult male unknown. 
Habitat—On Astelia sp., in forests, Hawke’s Bay. 
Allied to P. Mespili, Geoffroy ; but differs in the antenna, 
feet, and spinnercts. 
