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Kermes nigropunctatus Ehrhorn and Cockerel! n. sp. 9- Scale 4. 5 mm. 

 long, 5.5 broad, nearly 4 high, not very pale ochreous, speckled all over 

 with black, the black specks so small as to be readily overlooked without 

 the use of a lens ; segmentation obscure, but discernible, the sutures 

 slightly impressed and marked by more or less pallid transverse bands; 

 an obscure median longitudinal depressed line; underside of scale where 

 it touches the bark, flattened and entirely dark brown; derm by trans- 

 mitted light yellow with numerous round glands. Antennas small, 6- 

 jointed, 3 very long, about as long as 4, 5 and 6 together; joints 2 and 4 

 subequal and smallest. Formula 3165 (24). Larva oval, about one and 

 a half times longer than broad, pink; greatest breadth about the middle; 

 caudal tubercles large and distinct, each bearing a moderately long bristle 

 and three stout spines, one on the outer and inner margin and one near 

 bristle. The sides of the abdominal segments are armed with stout, 

 short bristles. Antenna; cylindrical, 6-jointed, formula 361 (45) 2 ; last 

 joint rounded at tip with several hairs; joint 5 with a hair; rostral loop 

 extending beyond third pair of legs; anal ring with six hairs. Legs stout, 

 claw long and curved; tibia much shorter than tarsus. 



Hab. Los Angeles, Cal., on twigs of Quercus. Collected by 

 Mr. Craw. 



The larvae were found in body of 9 . It is something like K. 

 galliformis, but distinguished by the impressed sutures. It is 

 much smaller and paler than K. gillettei. 



Pulvinaria rliois n. sp. 9 Found on limbs and underside of leaves 

 single and in clusters. Length of $ with ovisac about 9 mm., width 

 about 3.5 mm.; scale brown, largely covered with white secretion, ovisac 

 snow-white, distinctly grooved longitudinally, sometimes curved, some- 

 times lifting scale off limb; scale shrunken, broadly oval, clay color, 9 

 before forming ovisac something like Ler.aimim hesperidum, but more 

 convex, reddish brown; anal plates distinct; dorsum covered with white, 

 waxy secretion in rows, the mesal row has the largest secretions and they 

 diminish in size as they approach the margin; edge of scale has short, 

 simple hairs, in each anterior incision is a large spine with a short one on 

 each side. Anal plates yellowish brown, longer than broad, forming a 

 diamond when closed; two very small spines at tip; anogenital ring with 

 six long hairs; rostral loop reaching to middle pair of legs. Antennae 

 S-iointed, formula 3 (124) 5867; joint 3 much the longest. Joints 2, 4, 5 

 and 6 each with long hair, 8 with several hairs. Legs ordinary, coxa and 

 trochanter very stout, tarsus half as long as femur; tarsal digitules long- 

 tine hairs with knobs; digitules of claw very stout, gradually widening to 

 large knobs. Larva light yellow, fla'tish, elliptical, about .5 mm. long. 



scales small, oval, black, with numerous pale wart like prominences. 



Hab. On Rhns dirersi/oba at Mountain View, Cal. 



