. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects ("Coccidae") of Australia. Insects -- Australia; Scale insects. 10 SCIENCE BULLETIN, No. 1 Sphaerococcas ferrugineus, Froggatt (Fig. 4). Pro. Linn. Soc. , vol. xxiii, p. 378, pi. ix, f. 16-20, 1890. Forming reddish brown to dull green rounded fluffy excrescences, com- posed of many fine filaments or bracts radiating from the basal gall, on the side or tip of the branchlet of several species of Melaleuca, growing along the coast of northern New South Wales and southern Fig. 4.— fernigineus. The adult dark
. A descriptive catalogue of the scale insects ("Coccidae") of Australia. Insects -- Australia; Scale insects. 10 SCIENCE BULLETIN, No. 1 Sphaerococcas ferrugineus, Froggatt (Fig. 4). Pro. Linn. Soc. , vol. xxiii, p. 378, pi. ix, f. 16-20, 1890. Forming reddish brown to dull green rounded fluffy excrescences, com- posed of many fine filaments or bracts radiating from the basal gall, on the side or tip of the branchlet of several species of Melaleuca, growing along the coast of northern New South Wales and southern Fig. 4.— fernigineus. The adult dark reddish-brown female is marked with dull yellow on the dorsal sur- face, and is embedded in the central woody cavity. Diameter, about 1^ lines. General form oval, dorsal surface conical, antennae indistinct, legs wanting. 369. Sphaerococcus ferrugineus. Cat. Coccidge, p. 86. S])haerococcus froggatti, Maskell (Fig. 5). Trans. New Zealand Institute, vol. xxvi, p. 94, pi. vii, f. 1-7, 1893. This coccid is very common upon the titree {Melaleuca linarijolia), growing in the vicinity of Sydney. The female coccids form brown or reddish yellow galls, attached at the base to the twigs, cup-shaped ill form, but covered with curling cylindrical pro- cesses, often much longer than the basal gall, so that the whole gall is enveloped in a feathery mass of these filaments, though they spring from the upper surface. Galls variable in size, from one-fifth to half an inch in diameter. —spitaeiococcaii,f>o(jgatti. The adult female develops on the gall cavity, dull red in colour: she is dusted with white meal. and has a bluish grey tint; general form subglobular, tapering to the anal extremity. Length about one-twelfth of an inch. Antennae aborted, indistinct; appear to consist of two joints. Legs wanting. There are four large spiracles. The epidermis bearing a number of circular multilocular spinnerets, and a few fine spiny hairs, thickest on the abdominal region. Anal tubercules wa
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