ASTEROLECANIUM,—KERMES. 9 
ASTEROLECANIUM, Targ.-Tozz. 
1. Asterolecanium pustulans. 
Planchonia pustulans, Ckll. Science Gossip, April 1893, p. 77. 
Hab. Mexico: Vera Cruz (Cockerell). 
TACHARDITN. 
TACHARDIA, Blanchard. 
1. Tachardia mexicana. 
Carteria mexicana, Comst. Rep. U. 8. Dep. Agric. for 1881, p. 212. 
Hab. Mexico: Tampico; Oaxaca (Koebele). 
2. Tachardia larree. 
Carteria larree, Comst. Rep. U.S. Dep. Agric. for 1881, p. 211. 
Hab. Mexico: see Comstock, 2nd Rep., Dept. Entom., Cornell Univ. Exp. Sta. 
(1883) p. 130. 
Also occurs at Tucson, Arizona (Toumey and Cockeretl), and at Tempe ( Cockerell). 
3. Tachardia fulgens. 
Tachardia fulgens, Ckll. Psyche, July 1895, Suppl. p. 1. 
Hab. Mexico: Guaymas, on Mimosa or Prosopis (Koebele) ; Guaymas, on Coursetia 
(Dr. Palmer); Hermosillo, on Coursetéa glandulosa (Koebele). 
Specimens in coll. U. 8. Dept. Agric. Described from Arizona. 
4, Tachardia nigra. 
Tachardia nigra, Towns. & Ckll. Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. 1898, p. 172. 
Hab. Mextco: Orizaba (Koebele). 
5. Tachardia fulvoradiata. 
Tachardia fulvoradiata, Ckil. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist., June 1898, p. 431. 
Hab. Mexico: Rancho Carbonel near Frontera (Townsend). 
KERMESINA. 
KERMES, Boitard. 
Kermes, Boitard, Man. d’Entom. 11. p. 171 (1828). 
Boitard is the earliest author I have yet found using Kermes (not Chermes) as a true 
generic name, including the species we now refer to it. Of course Kermés, as a popular 
term, appears in many earlier works. 
BIOL. CENTR.-AMER., Rhynch. Homop., Vol. II. Pt. 2, December 1899. — f2 
