. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. OF PSEUDOCOCCIDAE & ERIOCOCCIDAE 109 Wings : 854-1050 (924) u. long, and 322-434 (364)^1 wide ; usually with 3 alar setae (occasionally 2, av. 2-q(, and 3-4 (3-3) circular sensoria. Hamulohalterae 64-73 (70)(x long, and 12-18 (15) (i wide ; with a weak slender ridge and one, apically hooked, 52-58 (55) n long seta ; the ratio length of seta to the length of the hamulohaltera 1 : 1-2-1-4 (1 : 1-3). Legs : Moderately long ; the fore legs shortest, and the hind legs longest ; the ratio length of the hind leg to the total body


. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. OF PSEUDOCOCCIDAE & ERIOCOCCIDAE 109 Wings : 854-1050 (924) u. long, and 322-434 (364)^1 wide ; usually with 3 alar setae (occasionally 2, av. 2-q(, and 3-4 (3-3) circular sensoria. Hamulohalterae 64-73 (70)(x long, and 12-18 (15) (i wide ; with a weak slender ridge and one, apically hooked, 52-58 (55) n long seta ; the ratio length of seta to the length of the hamulohaltera 1 : 1-2-1-4 (1 : 1-3). Legs : Moderately long ; the fore legs shortest, and the hind legs longest ; the ratio length of the hind leg to the total body length 1 : 1-8-2-1 (1 : 1-9). Trochanter about 24^ wide. Femur about 40^ wide, the ratio width to length of hind femur 1 : 4-2-5-0 (4-5). Tibia about 24(x wide, with 2 strong apical spurs and 2-4 smaller spines ; the femur in front leg longer than the tibia, the ratio their lengths being 1-01-1-4 (I-1) : *â Tarsus about 21^1 wide ; tarsal digitules apically knobbed, about 34\l long. Claw uniformly tapering to a sharply pointed apex ; ungual digitules finely pointed. The following table shows the lengths of the leg segments (in microns) and the number of setae on each: Coxa Trochanter Femur Tibia Tarsus Claw Total length of leg length length length length length length Fore leg 37-43 (40) 6-11 (90) 3-7 (4-3) 61-67 (62) 3-5 (4-4) i-3 (2-0) 153-174 (162) 17-24 (20-1) 3-6 (3-9) 137-162 (153) 21-30 (256) 3-5 (36) 73-79 (76) 18-23 (203) 0-2 (i-o) 37-46 (40) 503-570 (534) Middle leg 37-48 (40) 8-14 (9-6) 3-6 (4-i) 61-67 (64) 3-7 (47) 1-2 (i-3) 156-177 (168) 16-26 (209) 3-6 (43) 153-183 (168) 24-32 (261) 3-5 (40) 73-79 (76) 16-23 (19-4) 0-2 (0-9) 37-46 (40) 519-598 (555) Hind leg 43-52 (46) 9-17 (12-0) 4-7 (5-o) 67-73 (70) 4-10 (63) i-4 (2-4) 165-198 (180) 20-29 (246) 3-6 (41) 189-217 (204) 33-40 (35-6) 3-6 (43) 76-82 (79) 19-26 (216) o-3 (10) 37-46 (40) 577-665 (619). 1 1 1 1 \ \ a. c t " 200 y« Fig. 10. Planococcus ireneus D


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