. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. OK THE FAMILY COCCIDAE 89 weakly sclerotized ; reticulated only dorsally and between and anterior to the ventral eyes. Preocular ridge with ventral part not extending far below articular process. Postocidar ridge well developed throughout ; below ocellus the ridge splits up, completely enclosing the ocellus. 1nterocular ridge absent, apparently represented by a small posteriorly directed process below the articular process of the preocular ridge. Dorsal ocular setae : on each side 0-3 (average 1 7) and occasionally one ;
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. OK THE FAMILY COCCIDAE 89 weakly sclerotized ; reticulated only dorsally and between and anterior to the ventral eyes. Preocular ridge with ventral part not extending far below articular process. Postocidar ridge well developed throughout ; below ocellus the ridge splits up, completely enclosing the ocellus. 1nterocular ridge absent, apparently represented by a small posteriorly directed process below the articular process of the preocular ridge. Dorsal ocular setae : on each side 0-3 (average 1 7) and occasionally one ; ventral head setae : 18-27 (average 23) and 7-11 (average 9) , of which 1-4 (average 2) and 0-3 (average 11) occur anteriorly, around the midcranial ridge, and 1-4 (average 3) and 0-2 (average 1) between and behind the ventral eyes. Preoral ridge present. Tendon-like apodeme long. Cranial apophysis of medium length ; apex bifurcate, not reaching level of anterior margin of ventral eyes. Mouth opening irregular. Anterior tentorial pits absent. Antennae 10-segmented, filiform ; 903-1047 (average 986) (z long, longer than half body length (ratio 1 : 1-67-1-82, average 173), longer than posterior leg (ratio 1 : 107-113, average i 10) and longer than penial sheath (ratio 1 : 2-53-2-78, average 2-66). Scape 46-53 (average 47) u, long and 49-53 (average 51) (x wide, with 3 Pedicel not reticulated ; 38-48 (average 43) (i long and 34-38 jj. wide ; with 1-4 (average 2) , 4-9 (average 63) and a sensillum placodeum. Segment III somewhat club-shaped, 3-6-4-5 (average 4) times longer than wide (103-110, average 107 jjl long and 25-29, average 27 u, wide) ; with 1-4 (average 22) and 6-12 (average 10) , the latter of medium width, o-8-i-i (average 09) times as long as width of segment ; with 1-3 usual sensilla basiconica. Segments IV-IX cylindrical ; lengths of these segments (in \x) 114-141 (average 127), 114-137 (average 127), 125-152
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