An Account of the Insects Noxious to Agriculture and Plants in New Zealand: The Scale Insects (Coccididae)Maskell, William Miles
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An Account of the Insects Noxious to Agriculture and Plants in New Zealand: The Scale Insects (Coccididae)
Maskell, William Miles
Insects -- New Zealand; Scale insects
2. _Pseudococcus asteliæ._ _a_, Insects on leaf of Astelia; _b_,
adult female, dorsal aspect; _c_, antenna of adult female; _d_,
foot of adult female; _e_, various spinnerets.
[Illustration: PLATE XVIII.]
Plate XIX.
_Icerya Purchasi._ _a_, Insects on twig of Acacia (wattle); _b_,
adult female and ovisac, upper view; _c_, adult female and
ovisac, side view; _d_, female of second stage; _e_, larva, with
yellow cotton; _f_, male; _g_, haltere of male; _k_, two joints
of male antenna; _m_, hairs, spinnerets, and glassy tubes; _n_,
antenna of adult female.
[Illustration: PLATE XIX.]
Plate XX.
_Cœlostoma zælandicum._ _a_, adult female, dorsal aspect; _b_, adult
female, ventral aspect; _c_, waxy tests of females of second
stage on twig of Muhlenbeckia; _d_, female of second stage,
dorsal aspect; _e_, female of second stage, ventral aspect, with
anal tuft of cotton and seta; _f_, larva, with yellow mealy
secretion; _g_, eggs, in cottony mass; _k_, antenna of female,
second stage; _l_, foot of female, second stage; _m_, antenna
of adult female; _n_, spiracle and trachea of female; _p_, anal
extremity and "honeydew" organ of larva and female of second
stage.
N.B.--The foot of the adult female is shown in Plate I., Fig. 6.
[Illustration: PLATE XX.]
Plate XXI.
Fig.
1. _Cœlostoma zælandicum._ _a_, male insect; _b_, abdomen of male;
_c_, foot of male; _d_, hairs and marks, abdomen of male; _e_,
antenna of male; _f_, circular marks, abdomen of male; _k_,
abdominal spike and penis of male; _m_, haltere of male.
2. _Cœlostoma wairoense_. _a_, male insect; _b_, head of male,
upper side, with facetted eyes; _c_, foot of male; _d_, circular
marks, abdomen of male.
[Illustration: PLATE XXI.]
Plate XXII.
The Honeydew, and resulting Fungi.
Fig.
1. _a_, Lecanid female (Ctenochiton) with protruded honeydew organ;
_b_, abdominal extremity of the same, enlarged, the drop of
honeydew bursting in spray.
2. _a_, fungoid growth on upper side of leaf; _b_, fungoid growth
on twig; _c, d, e_, various forms of black fungi from honeydew.
[Illustration: PLATE XXII.]
Plate XXIII.
Parasites of Coccididæ.
Fig.
1. _a_, pupa of hymenopterous parasite; _b_, the same pupa under
the waxy test of _Ctenochiton perforatus_; _c_, imago, or
full-grown parasite.
2. _a_, brown and yellow fungi on _Ctenochiton viridis_ (leaf of
Hedycarya dentata); _b_, upper side of brown fungus; _c_,
under-side of the same, with attached fungoid sheet; _d._,
_Ctenochiton viridis_ (test removed) filled with yellow fungus,
and with globular mass of the same above it.
[Illustration: PLATE XXIII.]
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