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CHRYSOMPHALUS, Ashm. 
1. Chrysomphalus aonidum. 
Coccus aonidum, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. p. 455 (1758). 
Chrysomphalus ficus, Ashm. Amer. Entom. 1880, p. 267. 
Hab. Mexico: Tampico, Chihuahua, Matamoros, and Laguna (Zownsend); Vera 
Cruz (Cockerell); Tlacotalpam, April 19, 1898, on a palm (Zownsend); Orizaba, on 
*trueno,” April "29, 1898 (Zownsend) ; Vera Cruz, on a coco-nut palm, April 23, 1898 
(Lownsend). Panama: introduced on Dictyosperma alba from the Kingston Botanical 
Gardens (Dolby-Tyler). 
The Linnean description of the female scale is excellent, and can apply to nothing 
else. This must not be confounded with C. adonidum. 
2. Chrysomphalus rhizophorae. 
Chrysomphalus rhizophore, Ckll, Ann. & Mag. Nat, Hist., Febr. 1899, p. 169. 
Hah. Mexico: El Rio Polo, Tabasco, on mangrove (Zownsend). 
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3. Chrysomphalus dictyospermi. 
Aspidiotus dictyospermi, Morg. Ent. Monthly Mag. 1889, p. 352. 
Hab. Mexico: Oaxaca (Koebele); Cuautla (Koebele); ocean beach between El Faro 
and San Pedro, Tabasco, on rose, June 9, 1897 (Townsend); Minatitlan, on mango 
(Townsend). Panama: on Dictyosperma alba from the Kingston Botanical Gardens 
(Dolby-Tyler). 
4, Chrysomphalus persez. 
Aspidiotus persee, Comst. Rep. U. 8. Dept. Agric. for 1880, p. 305. 
Hab. Mexico: Mazatlan (A. de Cima). 
5. Chrysomphalus reniformis. 
Aspidiotus reniformis, Ckil. Canad. Entom. 1897, p. 265. 
Hab. Mexico: Tehuantepec city (Zownsend). 
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