THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 193 



THE COCCID/E OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. 



BY GEO. B. KING, LAWRENCE, MASS. 

 ( Continued from page /So.) 

 Ripersia, Sign. 

 Ripersia lasii, Ckll., 1896. (Native.) Originally described from 

 ant-nests in Mass.; was found in an ants' nest {Zasius Americanus, Em.) 

 at Toronto, Canada, in 1897, bv Mr - R J- Crew. It has been found 

 infesting the roots of China asters in Mass. 

 Bib. — Can. Ent., xxxi. (1899), no. 



Dactylopius, Costa. 

 Dactylopius longispinus, Targ. (Introduced.) The greenhouse 

 Mealy bug, found throughout the civilized world, occurs in Canada in all 

 the Provinces where greenhouse plants are grown ; it is recorded from 

 South Quebec. 



Bib. — 29th Annual Report, Ent. Soc, Ont., 1898, 43. 



Kermesin^e. 

 Kermes, Roitard. 

 Kermes Pettiti, Ehrh., 1899. (Native.) This scale was found at 

 Jubilee Point, on Rice Lake, near Peterborough, Ontario, by Dr. Fletcher 

 several years ago, on Quercus rubra. Up to 1899, the species was 

 considered to be a form of K. galliformis, and was confused with that 

 species up to that time. It is a very common species in the U. S., but 

 seems to be rare in Canada. 



Bib. — Psyche, ix. (1900), 81. 



ORTHEZ[INiE. 



Orthezia, Bosc. 

 Orthezia Americana, Walker, 1852. (Native.) Recorded from 

 Grimsby, Ontario, on Golden-rod. Dr. Fletcher states that he has 

 found it at Ottawa and in several other places. 



Bib. — Rpt. U. S. Dep. Agr., 1880, p. 349; 32nd Ann. Rpt. Mass. 

 Agr. Coll., 1895, p. 124. 



Asterolecaniin^e. 

 Asterolecanium, Targ. 

 Asterolecanium variolosum, Ratz., 1870. (Introduced.) Originally 

 described as Coccus variolosus, and often cited as Asterodiaspis quercicola, 

 Asterolecanium quercicola, Asterodiaspis variolosus and Coccus quercicola. 

 I received this from by Dr. Fletcher, who found it last year on young oak 

 trees at Ottawa, Canada, which were set out five or six years ago, and 



