Female puparium circular, flat, dirty-white or brownish; diameter, about 1/12in. Male puparium elongated, the sides parallel. Adult female greenish yellow, peg-top shaped. Abdomen ending in several lobes, of which only the two median are conspicuous; between the lobes several serrated scaly hairs, and some spines. Four groups of spinnerets: upper groups, eight to ten orifices; lower groups, six to eight: many single spinnerets. Adult male somewhat long, yellowish in colour; antennæ of ten joints; feet having somewhat thick femora, the tibiæ and tarsi slender; all the joints hairy. The abdominal spike, or sheath of the penis, is rather long, and the tubercle at its base is large. Habitat--On palms and orchids in hothouses, _passim_; on wattle, rarely, Christchurch. This is a European insect, affecting hothouse plants, and scarcely likely to do damage out-of-doors. It is closely allied to _A. nerii_. 8. Aspidiotus nerii, Bouché; Schadl. Gart. Ins., 1833, 52. _Diaspis Bouchei_, Targioni-Tozzetti; "Studie sulle Coccineglie," 1867. _Aspidiotus Bouchei_, Targioni; Catal., 1868, 45, 1. N.Z. Trans., Vol. XIV., 1881, p. 217. (Plate IV., Fig. 4.) Female puparium circular, flat, white or greyish; diameter, about 1/12in. Male puparium oval, white; about 1/25in. in length. Adult female yellow, peg-top shaped, but almost globular. Abdomen ending in six lobes, of which the two median are the largest. Between and a little beyond the lobes are a number of scaly serrated hairs, some of which exhibit serrated extremities; also some scaly but smooth hairs. There are also a few spines. Four groups of spinnerets, which are surrounded (according to Mr. Comstock, Entom. Report, U.S. Dep. of Agric., 1880, Plate XV., Fig. 1) by a fine line, as if enclosed in a sac. Many single spinnerets. In the larva the abdomen ends in four lobes, of which the two median are somewhat prominent. Adult male yellow or brownish; antennæ of ten joints, each with several hairs; feet having the femora somewhat thick, the tibiæ and tarsi flat and slender, the former a little expanded at the extremity. Habitat--On _Coprosma lucida_ and _Corynocarpus lævigata<i/> (Karaka), Wellington. A species introduced from Europe, where its favourite habitat is _Nerium oleander_; but it is found on many other plants, and is, according to Dr. Signoret, "the commonest of all the species of this genus." It has not yet spread widely in New Zealand. 9. Aspidiotus sophoræ, Maskell. N.Z. Trans., Vol. XVI., 1883, p. 121. Female puparium nearly circular, flat, bluish-grey; diameter, about 1/24in. Male puparium oval; length, about 1/36in.