Fungi parasitic upon Scale - Insects 



(Coccidae and Aleurodidae): a 



general account with special 



reference to Ceylon Forms. 



BY 



JOHN PARKIN. 



{With Plates I. to IV.) 



CONTENTS. 



I. — Introductory and Historical. 

 II. — Systematic Account. 



(A) Ascomycetes. 



(B) Fungi-imperfecti. 

 III. — General Remarks. 



IV. — Summary. 



V. — Table of Species with their Hosts, &c. 

 VI. — Bibliography. 



I.— INTRODUCTORY AND HISTORICAL. 



"TTTHILE occupying the post of Scientific Assistant to the 

 * * Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, 

 in 1898-99, Mr. E. E. Green, author of " The CoccidaB of 

 Ceylon " and Government Entomologist for the Island, 

 brought to my notice various types of fungous growths on 

 scale-insects, and desired me to take up their study. To him 

 I am indebted for most of the material, and also for kindly 

 naming the insects upon which the different fungi were 

 growing. My thanks are also due to Mr. Macmillan, the 



[Annals of the Koyal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya. Vol. III., Part I, March, 1006.] 



