. Australian insects. Insects. IIOMOrTKRA. 875 iiver-coloured corcids beneath. C. ruhens is a smaller and more rej^iilarly ronnded dull red scale, the envelopinj^ material forminj;- a hard waxy shell. The members of th<' Genus Cfcnochiton are chiefly confined to New Zealand, but two fine species have been described from Australia. CtoiocMton eucali/pti comes from the New- castle district, , where it infests the leaves of gum 165. Figs. 165 and 165, Icerya purchusi (Maskell), The Cottony-cushion or Fluted Scale of the orangre tree. Scale Insects, 166, Ceroplastus cenferun (Anders
. Australian insects. Insects. IIOMOrTKRA. 875 iiver-coloured corcids beneath. C. ruhens is a smaller and more rej^iilarly ronnded dull red scale, the envelopinj^ material forminj;- a hard waxy shell. The members of th<' Genus Cfcnochiton are chiefly confined to New Zealand, but two fine species have been described from Australia. CtoiocMton eucali/pti comes from the New- castle district, , where it infests the leaves of gum 165. Figs. 165 and 165, Icerya purchusi (Maskell), The Cottony-cushion or Fluted Scale of the orangre tree. Scale Insects, 166, Ceroplastus cenferun (Anderson). The intx'oduced Indian Wax Scale of citrus trees, etc. saplings. The scales of the sexes differ very much; those of the male are slender, white, and glassy, while those of the female are broad and dark coloured. G. rhizophorae comes from Queensland, where it is found upon the man- grove. The beautiful, brittle, glass-like scales of Inglisia foraiiiiiiifer and I. fossilis, are often very plentiful in the interior on low scrub trees. In the Genus Ceronema, the males form delicate angulated. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Froggatt, W. W. (Walter Wilson), 1858-; Metcalf Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS; Tippmann Collection (North Carolina State University). NCRS. Sydney, W. Brooks
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