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with white down, but not so completely as in kingii. Its color 

 when put into alcohol is a light lemon-color and remains so ; has 

 not been found feeding. Food-plant unknown. 



What I have said of the habits of ant's aphids and coccids per- 

 tains to the species living in Massachusetts, and will no doubt 

 apply to those of other localities with a similar climate. I wish 

 at this time to thank Prof. Cockerell and Sirrine for their assist- 

 ance in the determination of the coccids and aphids on which I 

 am working ; also my esteemed friend, Ernest Andre, of France, 

 without whose aid I would have been unable to determine the 

 species of ants with which these insects have been found to be 

 associated. 



The literature treating of ants and coccids associating is quite 

 scattering, and as far as I know is not extensive. Such as treat 

 of ants and coccids alone are : an account of Margarodes, a new 

 genus of insects found in the neighborhood of ants' nests by B. 

 A. Guilding. Trans. Linn. Soc., London, vol. xxvi, p. 115-119, 

 1829, 33. Kingsley's Standard Natural History, vol. ii, p. 218, 

 218, 1884, states that Margardodcs formicarum Guild, is found 

 in ants' nests in the islands of Bahama. Notes on the genus 

 Margaroda by Trinem Baland, Trans. Entom. Soc., Lon., 

 p. 461, 1886, a description of Orthezia occidentalis Dougl., En- 

 tom. Month. Mag., vol. ii, p. 244-247, 1891, September, found 

 with a Myrmica sp., and the first to be discovered and described 

 as being found in the United States, none others being found un- 

 til those found by me and described by Prof. Cockerell. Trans. 

 New Zealand Institute, vol. xxiv, p. 38-39, Reperisia formicicola 

 is described by Maskell as being found with Tetramorum striatum 

 and T. nitidum. He states that this is the first instance that he 

 knows of coccids being found with ants. Entom. Month. Mag., 

 vol. iii, p. 146, 1892, on new or little known coccids, chiefly Eng- 

 lish, by R. Newstead. He describes Riperisia tomlinii said to 

 feed on grass roots in ants' nests. Entom. Month. Mag., vol. iii, 

 p. 307, 1892. Coccids in ants' nest by W. W. Smith. Entom. 

 Month. Mag., vol. 4, p. 77-79, Riperisia tomlinii and R. subter- 

 ranea Newstead are described. Entom. Month. Mag., vol. iv, 

 p. 205-210, 1893, on the observations of coccids by R. Newstead. 

 Entom. Month. Mag., vol. iv, 138, 1893, on new coccids in ants' 

 nests. U. S. Agricultural Reports, 1893, p. 220, by C. V. Riley, 

 The San Jose Scale being transported by ants. Lubbock also 



