TtjiS CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 139 



CON'I'K-IBUTIONS TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF MASSACHUS- 

 ETTS cocciD^:.— n. 



BY GEO. B. KING, LAWRENCE, MASS. 



Ortheziina. 



(21) Orthezia insignis, Doiigl. ; 1S87-1892. I. 



Found at Amherst and Cambridge, Mass., in greenhouses. A very 

 general feeder on greenhouse plants. It is recorded from New York, 

 Pennsylvania, and California. 



Lecaniince. 



(22) Kermes gal/iformis, Riley ; 1881-1897. N. 



A very abundant species at Lawrence, Methuen, Andover, Haver- 

 hill, and Dracot, Mass., on white, black, red, and scrub oaks. It is 

 recorded from Ohio, Colorado, New Mexico, New York, and Oklahoma. 

 In Massachusetts it is attacked by a Lepidopterous larva, Euclemensia 

 bassettella, and a new species of Encyrtus has been reared from it in 

 large numbers. It is attended by a number of species of ants, the 

 following already observed : Formica subsericea, Say.; F. obsciiripes, For.; 

 CafupOHOtiis pcnnsylvanica, Deg.; Cremastogaster lineo/ata, Say.; and 

 Liisius america7ms, Em. In the spring of 1898 one adult female was 

 found under a stone in a nest of Formica subsericea, Say, at Andover, 

 Mass. 



(23) Kermes pubescens, 'RogWQ ; 1898-1898. N. 



This is found to be quite destructive to young white oaks at 

 Lawrence, Andover, and Methuen, Mass. It is parasited by Microterys 

 cincticor?iis, Ashm. The coccid was first described from Kansas. 



(24) Kermes nivalis, King and Ckll.; 1898-1898. N. 



A very pretty species and comparatively rare. Covered with a 

 snow-like meal which soon disappears after the young begin to move 

 about. It. is found on Qiiercus alba at Lawrence, Mass. 



(25) Kermes Kiiigii, C\i\\.; 1 898-1 898. • N. 



Like the above, quite rare and handsome. Found at Lawrence, 

 Mass., on red oak. Prof. Gillette has sent Prof. Cockerell specimens 

 collected in Delaware. 



(26) Lecanopsis lifieolata, King and Ckll.: 1897-1897. N. 



Found in the nest of Cremastogaster lineolata. Say, at Lawrence, 

 Mass. 



