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53 Pinnaspis pandani Comst. iSSr. 



Found in Mass, under glass (Cockerell). Originally de- 

 scribed under the name Mytilaspis. Introduced. 

 54. Hemichionaspis aspidistra Sign. 1869. 



Described as a Chionaspis; was found on fern in the depart- 

 ment greenhouse of Washington, D. C. (Cooley): on fern 

 {Pteris serrulatd) received from Dr. Fletcher; in a greenhouse 

 at Ottawa, Canada, 1900, also received on Cycas sp. from 

 Orono, Maine, Coll. O. O. Stover, and found on fern (Davallia 

 moorei} in the Harvard botanical greenhouse, Cambridge, 

 Mass. (King). It is also a common greenhouse pest in Europe 

 (E. E. Green) and lives out of doors on several food plants. 

 Cited by Signoret. Introduced. 

 55- Ischnaspis longirostris Sign. 1882, filiformis Dougl. 



On palm in department greenhouse at Washington, D. C. 

 (Howard) ; on palms, Cycas and Aroids in Trinidad, and 

 Strychnos myristica and other plants in the Royal Botanical 

 Garden greenhouse, London, England. It is very common on 

 cultivated plants in the West Indies and in Australia, on palms 

 in greenhouses (Maskell), also found at Atlanta, Georgia, on a 

 palm, Kent ia belmoriana (W. M. Scott), and in a greenhouse at 

 Boston, Mass., on Monstcra sp. Coll. S. Henshaw. Introduced. 

 56. Fiorinia fioriniae Targ. 1869. 



This is recorded under several names, e.g., F. camcllitr, 

 I '/i/cria camellicc, Diaspis jjoriniie, Fiorinia pellucida and 

 Chcrmcs arecec. It has been found at Washington, D. C., on 

 Camellia, Cycas reroluta and palm Kcntia belmoriana (Comst.); 

 on Camellia at Baltimore, Maryland ; on Camellia japonica and 

 Cycas revoluta in Georgia (W. M. Scott); on Kentia belmoriana 

 in conservatories at Kew, England (C. F. Morgan) and in 

 greenhouses in France (Signoret). It is found out of doors in 

 Europe and America. 



(To be continued.) 



Ortieodes hexadactyla. This species occurs also at Moscow, Idaho, 

 where I have taken three specimens in nine years. A fourth was seen on 

 the outside of a window, with its wings spread so as to display the pecu- 

 liar structure ; but when I came around to the place it had disappeared. 

 -J. M. Aldrich. 



