species that produce 500 or less eggs (Clausen
1940).
 In Hawaii, the coccinellid predators Orcus
chalybeus (Boisduval) and Azya luteipes Mulsant
are reported as feeding on C. cirripediformis
(Bartlett in Clausen, ed. 1978).
REMARKS: In the United States, C. cir-
ripediformis most nearly resembles C. cistudifor-
mis and C. sinensis. In C. cistudiformis, the
spiracular setae have bluntly rounded or trun-
cate apices in 5 or 6 irregular rows, while in C.
cirripediformis, they are pointed and in 2 or 3
irregular rows. Ceroplastes sinensis differs by
lacking capitate dorsal setae, possess a ventral
submarginal band of filamentous ducts and lacks
multilocular pores on abdominal segments 2 and
3.
MATERIAL STUDIED: FLORIDA: Archer,
1(1), Viburnum suspensum, 7-II-1978, C.
Lieberman; Astor, 1(1), Eupatorium
capillifolium, 13-VI-1980, C. R. Roberts; Ft.
Lauderdale, 1(1), Carissa carandas, 2-V-1974, J.
A. Reinert; Key West, 1(1), Passiflora sp.,
9-X-1974, G. W. Dekle & W. E. Wyles; Lake
Park, 1(1), Parkinsonia aculeate, 8-XII-1975, G.
Swan; Plant City, 2(2), Ulmus parvifolia,
17-11-1975, S. A. Fuller; Winter Haven, 1(1),
Agave americana 'Marginata', 27-1-1976, C. R.
Roberts, 1(1), Ulmus sp., 28-1-1976, C. R.
Roberts, 1(1), Ulmus pumila, 3-IV-1981, Train-
ing Class #44.




 CEROPLASTES DUGESII Lichtenstein


FIELD DESCRIPTION: Wet wax oval in dorsal
view (Fig. 16, A), hemispherical when viewed
laterally (Fig. 16, B), without horn, white,
without a marginal flange, plates, and nuclei.
Dorsal dry wax tilted anteriorly (Gimpel et al.
1974). Spiracular wax bands present near both
pairs of spiracles. Length 4.0-12.0 mm, width
3.0-12.0 mm.


Ceroplastes dugesii Lichtenstein
 1885:141
Ceroplastes dugesii Townsend,
 Cockerell 1893a:100
Ceroplastes dugesii "Lichten-
 stein m.s, Townsend", Cock-
 erell 1893b:373
Ceroplastes roseatus Townsend
 & Cockerell, Gimpel et al.
 1974:39
Ceroplastes dugesii Lichtenstein,
 Maxwell-Lefroy 1902:257
Ceroplastes roseatus var. B.
 Cockerell, Gimpel et al. 1974:
 39
Ceroplastes townsendi var. per-
 crassus Cockerell, Gimpel et
 al. 1974:39
COMMON NAME: Duges wax


Fig. 16. Ceroplastes dugesii, A) dorsal view of adult and nymph,
B) lateral view of adult female, DPI Photo 700378.

DESCRIPTION: (Fig. 17) Adult female oval,
3.0-8.0 mm long, 1.0-7.0 mm wide. Body light
brown, anal process long. DonsUM Derm mem-
branous in young adult females, sclerotized in
old females; with 1 cephalic, 1 mediodorsal, and
6 lateral clear areas. About 180 cylindrical setae
(Fig. 17, A), with bluntly rounded to slightly ex-
panded apices. Each anal plate with 3 ventral, 4
dorsal setae. Oval trilocular pores (Fig. 17, E)
numerous, prominent. VENTER: Derm mem-


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