. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. OF THE FAMILY COCCIDAE 115 Antennae 10-segmented, filiform ; 686-758 (average 730) u. long, shorter than half body length (ratio 1 : 2-20-2-54, average 2-39), shorter than posterior leg (ratio 1 : 0-72-0-74, average 073) and longer than penial sheath (ratio 1 : 1-92-2-09, average 2-01). Scape 49-57 (average 53) |x long and 40-44 (average 42) |x wide, with 3 Pedicel with distinct, polygonal, dorsal reticulation ; 49-57 (average 53) u. long and 42-46 (average 43) y. wide ; with 3-8 (average 5-1) , 5-9 (average 69)
. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entom Supp. OF THE FAMILY COCCIDAE 115 Antennae 10-segmented, filiform ; 686-758 (average 730) u. long, shorter than half body length (ratio 1 : 2-20-2-54, average 2-39), shorter than posterior leg (ratio 1 : 0-72-0-74, average 073) and longer than penial sheath (ratio 1 : 1-92-2-09, average 2-01). Scape 49-57 (average 53) |x long and 40-44 (average 42) |x wide, with 3 Pedicel with distinct, polygonal, dorsal reticulation ; 49-57 (average 53) u. long and 42-46 (average 43) y. wide ; with 3-8 (average 5-1) , 5-9 (average 69) and a sensillum placodeum. Segment III : club-shaped, 2-0-2-9 (average 23) times longer than wide (53-63, average 59 ;x long and 21-27, average 26 (x wide) ; with 8-15 (average 13) of medium length, 1 0-1-4 (average 1-2) times longer than width of segment ; with 1—4 usual sensilla basiconica. Segments IV—IX : cylindrical ; lengths of these segments (in (x) 95-122 (average 113), 84-114 (average 97), 93-99 (average 95), 65-91 (average 75), 57-78 (average 66) and 46-57 (average 52) respectively, all of about the same width, varying from 19 to 27 (x ; with 21-33 (average 30), 22-36 (average 32), 28-43 (average 36), 23-37 (average 27), 19-30 (average 21) and 16-23 (average iq) respectively, but no ; antennal bristles on segments VIII-IX distinctly larger than the fleshy setae. Segment X : terminal .', somewhat constricted ; carrying 10-15 (average 12) , occasionally one , 3 capitate subapical setae and 5 antennal bristles of which the 3 long ones are just more than half as long as the segment and the 1 shorter ones somewhat shorter and thicker than the ; with 2 sensilla basiconica ventrally, one near apex and the other more proximal Thorax 638-688 (average 660) ;x long. Prothorax. Pronotal ridge strong, but medially interrupted by weak sclerotization. Lateral pronotal sclerites small, with 0-3 (average i-i) fleshy and 0-3 (average 0-5) hair-like later
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