198 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Aspidiotus Forbesi, Johnson, 1896. (Native.) The Forbes scale. 

 This has been received from Mr. John Dearness, on beech (Fagus 

 Americana), November, 1900, at London, Ontario ; also on hawthorn, 

 plum and apple in many parts of Ontario. It is recorded from Ottawa on 

 fragrant currant (Ribes). 



Bib. — 28 Ann. Rpt. Entom. Soc. Ont., 1897, P- 8o - 



29 " " " 1898, p. 86-88. 



30 " " " 1899, P- I0 9- 

 Exp. Farm. Rpt., 1898, p. 205. 



Trans. Royal Soc. of Can., 1 899-1 900, p. 219. 



Aspidiotus ancylus, Putn., 1877. (Native.) The Putnam scale. It 

 is recorded from Ottawa, on elm. I received it from Dr. Fletcher, April 

 10, 1900, on willow from Toronto, and just recently on plum from St. 

 Catharines. 



Bib. — 28 Ann. Rpt. Ent. Soc. Ont., 1897, p. 80. 



29 " " " 1898, p. 86 and 88. 



30 " " " 1899, p. 109. 

 Exp. Farm Rpt., 1898, p. 205. 



Trans. Roy. Soc. Can., 1 899-1 900, p. 219. 



Aspidiotus ostreceformis, Curtis, 1843. (Introduced.) The Euro- 

 pean orchard scale. Reported from Chilliwack, British Columbia. Is 

 now received from Western Ontario and from St. Catharines, Ontario, on 

 maple (Acer dasycarpum), sent by Dr. Fletcher, and found by Mr. George 

 E. Fisher, April, 1901. 



Bib.— Yearbook U. S. Dept. Agr., 1899, p. 746. 

 Trans. Roy. Soc. Can., 1S99-1900, p. 219. 

 30 Ann. Rpt. Entom. Soc. Ont., 1899, p. 67 and 109. 



Aspidiotus pertiiciosus, Comst., 1881. (Introduced.) The perni- 

 cious scale. This was first found near Kelowna, on Lake Okanagan, 

 British Columbia, in 1894, and in 1897 it was reported as found 

 in the Provinces of British Columbia and Ontario. The first lot 

 received by the Government Entomologist was from an Ontario 

 orchard near Chatham, in Kent Co., January, 1897, and soon after 

 from Niagara and St. Catharines, and Kingsville in Essex Co. It 

 has since been found on Vancouver Island (where it has been entirely 

 eradicated) ; also at Guilds, south of Blenheim, Harwich, Belleville, 

 London East, Chatham, Guelph, Winona, Burlington, Essex Centre and 

 St. Thomas, Ont. Mr. John Dearness found a mite attacking this insect, 



