. Bulletin of entomological research. Entomology. 14 ROBEKT NEWSTEAD. flat, geniculated, and finely spinose ; just within the margin is a series of long, slender, simple spines. The young adults are reddish buff in colour, with the pits and hollows of the roulette border piceous or dark castaneous. Length, 3-4 mm. Female, second stage. Short ovate, flat, with the sides slightly raised. Colour pale reddish-buff. Marginal spines (fig. 8, b) broadly digitate and similar to those in the adult, but usually with one of the lateral projections more pronounced than the rest; and a broad, flat, falcifo
. Bulletin of entomological research. Entomology. 14 ROBEKT NEWSTEAD. flat, geniculated, and finely spinose ; just within the margin is a series of long, slender, simple spines. The young adults are reddish buff in colour, with the pits and hollows of the roulette border piceous or dark castaneous. Length, 3-4 mm. Female, second stage. Short ovate, flat, with the sides slightly raised. Colour pale reddish-buff. Marginal spines (fig. 8, b) broadly digitate and similar to those in the adult, but usually with one of the lateral projections more pronounced than the rest; and a broad, flat, falciform and spinose one alternating more or less with the others. Larva (at period of ecdysis) with the marginal spines as shown in fig. 8, c. Gold Coast : Aburi, on cacao, ? 1913 (W. H. Patterson). Separable from S. sjostedti, Ckll., by the form of the marginal spines (in all stages) and by the sculpturing of the dorsum in the adult female. Stictococcus multispinosus, Newst. Male puparium. Like that of Kermes qaercus (Linn.); a white, felted, elongated sac, and very brittle. Two examples were found wedged in between the old adult females. Neither was quite perfect; one contained a propupa, the other was Fig. 9. Stictococcus multispinosus, Newst., sp. n. : a, terminal segment of $ ; b, head of <$ ; c, marginal spines of 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 Great Britain. Colonial Office. Entomological Research Committee; Imperial Institute of Entomology; Commonwealth Institute of Entomology. Farnham Royal : Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux
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