Male puparium flattish, elongated; length, from 1/10in. to 1/8in.; white, thin; roughly pyriform, but narrower than that of the female; central portion slightly convex, seeming on the under-side to have two keels; not carinated above. Adult female yellow or brown; segmented; at first elongated, the cephalic region comparatively large, but during gestation shrinking up until the insect assumes the form of Aspidiotus. Abdomen ending in a minutely-serrated edge, with several small simple lobes, between which are longish spiny hairs. Spinnerets in an almost continuous arch, containing seventy to a hundred orifices; several single spinnerets. Adult male yellow, slender. Antennæ, ten-jointed, as long as the body; each joint except the two first long and hairy; the last joint fusiform. Feet, long and slender; digitules, fine hairs. Abdominal spike, slender, not very long, springing from a small tubercular base. This is a variable insect in size, colour, edge of abdomen, and spinnerets. On the bark of _Pittosporum eugenioide_ a variety has the extremity of the second pellicle richly floriated, other features remaining as above. It has not been thought advisable to erect all these varieties into different species. The male pupa, in its earlier state, is elongated, segmented, and may be mistaken for a female of _Mytilaspis drimydis_; but differs in its greyish-yellow colour, and also in the form of the puparium. Habitat--On _Atherosperma Novæ Zælandiæ_; _Astelia cunninghamii_; _Coprosma_, sp. var.; _Pittosporum eugenioide_, &c.; Wellington; Canterbury; Hawke's Bay; Otago; Nelson; Auckland. The puparia of this insect are frequently covered by a species of torulaceous (?) fungus which spreads over the leaf they are on in a thin, brown sheet. 27. Fiorinia grossulariæ, Maskell. N.Z. Trans., Vol. XVI., 1883, p. 123. Female puparium irregularly oval, being formed chiefly by the second pellicle, with a narrow edge of fibrous secretion; length, about 1/20in. Adult female elongated; segmented; the cephalic end slightly prolonged into a compressed cylinder. Segments bearing at the edge three sharp spines. The edge of the abdominal segment is much broken by serrations, and ends in two broadish median lobes, with two smaller lobes on each side. Several sharp, long spines are set in pairs along the serrated edge. Five groups of spinnerets, the three upper forming a continuous arch. Colour of insect, dark-grey. Adult male and puparium unknown. Habitat--On gooseberries, Amberley, Canterbury. A doubtful species. 28. Fiorinia minima, Maskell. N.Z. Trans., Vol. XVI., 1883, p. 122. Female puparium flat, elongated, oval; length, about 1/36in. First pellicle, comparatively large; the second almost fills the puparium. Male puparium rather longer than that of the female, but much narrower; carinated.