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Notes: Series title: Studies on the Morphology and Systematics of Scale Insects, No. 16; review of all species in this family, with special emphasis on the life cycle of the type species Dactylopius coccus; redescriptions; illustrations; discussion on morphological affinities and relationships; hosts, natural enemies, distribution, etymology and role as biological control agents discussed; methods of collecting, preservation, slide mounting, measuring, and preparing illustrations.