. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. OF THE FAMILY COCCIDAE 5' Mesothorax. Mesoprephragma with shallow emargination. Presciitum about twice as wide as long (average 156 and 82 u. respectively) ; anterior margin slightly curved; laterally bounded by the prescutal ridges and posteriorly by the prescittal suture ; sometimes with weak polygonal reticulation. Scutum. Median membranous area subrectangular ; 49-65 (average 59) [x long and 1-81-2-36 (average 2-01) times as wide (width 106-125, average 117 u.) ; without setae. Stutellum large, 76-95 (average 84) u. long and 12
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. OF THE FAMILY COCCIDAE 5' Mesothorax. Mesoprephragma with shallow emargination. Presciitum about twice as wide as long (average 156 and 82 u. respectively) ; anterior margin slightly curved; laterally bounded by the prescutal ridges and posteriorly by the prescittal suture ; sometimes with weak polygonal reticulation. Scutum. Median membranous area subrectangular ; 49-65 (average 59) [x long and 1-81-2-36 (average 2-01) times as wide (width 106-125, average 117 u.) ; without setae. Stutellum large, 76-95 (average 84) u. long and 125-144 (average 135) u, wide, the ratio being 1 : 1-5-1-7 (average 1-6) ; not tubular ; without setae. Postnotum with anterior margin irregular and partly overlapped by the metathoracic fold ; postnotal apophysis and postalare well developed, the latter densely reticulated distally. Mesopostphragnia with moderately- deep emargination. Mesopleuron. Mesopleural ridge strong, but interrupted above coxal articulation ; pleural apophysis and pleural wing process well developed, the latter connected with episternum by a narrow basalare. Subalare small. Episternum not reticulated ; sub- episternal ridge well developed, but below membranous cleft indistinct and only marked by a band of dark sclerotization. Epimeron small. Lateropleurite partly bounded anteriorlv by an extension from marginal ridge, liasisternum large, about 237 fx wide and 160 u. long, 2-4-3-4 (average 2-8) times longer than membranous area of scutum ; with strong median ridge and bounded by strong marginal and precoxal ridges. Eurca well developed. Meso- thoracic spiracle with well developed peritreme ; postmesospiracular setae absent. Tegula small, membranous bulge with a small weak sclerite posteriorly and 2-5 (average 3-2) Third axillary wing sclerite with a pronounced ventral projection at its base. Additional sclerite well defined. Antemetaspiracular setae absent. Metatkorax. Metanotum with thickening of
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