THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 329 



A FEW NEW COCCI D.^i, WITH NOTES. 



BY EDW. M. EHRHORN, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.. 



Or//iezia Calif ortiica^ sp. n. — Female about 4)4 mm. long, 3)^ mm. 



broad, and 2 mm. high. Body flat, very firm, and covered with thick 



lamellae of a light brown colour. Margin beset with broad wax lamellae, 



which grow larger caudad, ending in two, which form a shield-like 



process. There are three shield-like lamellae on the anterior part of the 

 dorsum ; caudad of these is a deep carina, formed by two rows of lamellae 

 running parallel and ending at the caudal shield-like process. Antennae 

 and legs dark brown, beak quite stout. Female measures with egg-sac 5 

 mm. Egg-sac about as broad as long, and is square at caudal end, 

 covering entire ventral abdomen. Colour white, formed of bands of white 

 wax closely attached to each other. The caudal ends are of a light brown 

 colour. Body of female after boiling in K. O. H. remains light brown, 

 antennae, legs and mouth-parts dark brown. Derm is covered with 

 innumerable blunt, tube like spinnerets. Antenna? 8-jointed, each joint 

 with several short, stout spines. Joint 8 ends in an elongated glassy 

 process. Joint i longest, joints 2 and 3 subequal and next in length, 

 joints 6 and 7 subequal and shortest. Formula : i (2, 8), 3, 4, 5 (6, 7). 



Measurements of antennal joints in /;. : i, 320; 2, 280; 3, 160; 4, 

 145; 5, 140; 6, 120; 7, 120; 8, 280. Legs very long and stout, with 

 several rows of short, stout spines running longitudinally. Femur about 

 twice as long as tarsus. Tibia with two stout spines. Claw slightly 

 curved, with two stout spines. Measurements of middle leg in \). : Coxa. 

 300; trochanter and femur, 1,000; tibia, 740; tarsus, 440; claw, 120. 

 Anal ring large, with 6 long stout hairs, about 260/A. Eggs lemon-yellow. 

 Young larva covered with a dense white secretion, colour of body orange- 

 yellow. Antennae and legs light brown. Antennae of 6 joints. Joint 6 

 longest, nearly twice as long as 2. Joints 3 and 5 equal, joint 4 shortest. 

 Formula : 6, i, 2 (3, 5), 4. Measurements in // : i, [oo ; 2, 80 ; 3, 60 ; 

 4, 40 ; 5, 60 j 6, 150. 



Habitat. — On Bahia sp., Mayfield, Santa Clara Co., California. 



Kermes Rattaiii, sp. n. — Adult female globose, from 5 to 6 mm. 

 in diameter, varying a little according to position on twig. Surface 

 smooth, not shiny, nor hardly pubescent, sometimes waxy. Colcur light 

 brown, generally with four white stripes running parallel with segmentation. 

 When seen through lens these stripes have numerous brown dots at 



October, 1906. 



