  Multiplicity fluctuations in rings around the jet axis and in off-axis cones
have been measured by the DELPHI collaboration in $e^+e^-$ annihilations into
hadrons at LEP energies. The measurements are compared with analytical
perturbative QCD calculations for the corresponding multiparton system, using
the concept of Local Parton Hadron Duality. Some qualitative features are
confirmed by the data but substantial quantitative deviations are observed.
