The annals and magazine of natural history : zoology, botany, and geology . erse eleva-tions at the base, the medianone terminating in a its posterior margin is aquadrangular excavation, witha long median tooth, bearing aspine at its extremity. At thebase ot the tooth is a smallelevation. On either side ofthe terminal excavation, a shortdistance up the lateral margin,is a small spine. The fixed inner branch of the uropoda issmall and short; the outer branch is long, blunt at theextremity, somewhat incurved, and reaches, when open, muchbeyond the terminal segment. The margins of the te
The annals and magazine of natural history : zoology, botany, and geology . erse eleva-tions at the base, the medianone terminating in a its posterior margin is aquadrangular excavation, witha long median tooth, bearing aspine at its extremity. At thebase ot the tooth is a smallelevation. On either side ofthe terminal excavation, a shortdistance up the lateral margin,is a small spine. The fixed inner branch of the uropoda issmall and short; the outer branch is long, blunt at theextremity, somewhat incurved, and reaches, when open, muchbeyond the terminal segment. The margins of the terminalsegment and the edges of the outer branch of the uropodaare pubescent. The legs are all simple, ambulatory. One specimen from Cerros Island, Lower California, wascollected by Mr. A. W. Anthony, at a depth of 20 fathoms. Type. No. 22649, N. M. CillccBa granulosa, x 8. Lastthoracic segment and abdomen. Family VIII. Serolis, Leach. 34. Scrolls carinata, Lockington. Serolis carinata, Lockington, Proe. Cal. Acad. Sci. vii. 1877, pt. 36. Fiff. Serolis carinata, San Diego, California. [To be continued.] X 8. 188 Mr. E. E. Green on XV.— Ohservationa on some Sp;nif>s of Cocctdse of the GenuaCeroplastes in the Collection of the British Museum. ByE. Ernest Gkeen, [Plate IV.] In the collection of the Brilish Museum at South Kensingtonare specimens of a large Ctvoplastes recently received fromCape Colony. Other examples were subsequently receivedfrom Egypt, through tlie Royal Gardens, Kew. In size andexternal appearance these insects may be readily mistaken forCeroplastes ceriferus, Anders. There is the same coating ofdense whitish wax of irregular form, and the indivi luals aresimilarly massed upon the twigs of the plants. But afterremoval of the waxy coat the form of the insect itself is foundto differ completely from that of The accom-panying figures will best show the distinguishing C. cerijerus (PI
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