TWO NEW SPECIES OF PULVINARIA

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Pulvinaria Hunteri, n. sp.—Old, dried and wrinkled female scales, cream-colour, more or less mottled with patches of red-brown, and the outer margin practically red-brown. Ovisac clear white, texture as in innumerabilis, and not so large. The size of the scale, cleared and spread under cover class, practically hemispherical, is from 6 to 7 mm, in diameter. The texture of the scale is quite thin and requires little boiling in caustic potash to make it very clear and colourless.