244 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



NEW COCCID.^. 



BY EDW. M. EHRHORN, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CAL. 



Eriococcus adenostomce, n. sp. 



$ enclosed in an oval (at one end more or less pointed) sac about 

 3 mm. long and i)4. nim. broad, woolly, snow-white, of uniform texture. 



? oval, about half again as long as broad, dark purple, turning bright 

 crimson when placed in K. H. O. Body about i ^ mm. long. Antennae 

 light brown, 7-jointed, formula : approximately (347) (12) 56, joint 3 equal 

 5 + 6. Most of the joints with hairs; joint 7 with several comparatively 

 long hairs. 



Legs light brown, large and stout. Each joint with one or more 

 bristles. Femur quite swollen. Tarsus a trifle longer than tibia. Claw 

 stout and curved. Both tarsus and claw with long filiform digitules. 



Posterior tubercles short and rounded, with one very long, stout 

 bristle and two shorter ones on their outer margin. Anal ring large, with 

 eight long bristles. Derm colourless, with quantities of small spines and 

 rounded glands distributed all over the dorsum. 



Sac of ^ smaller and narrower than that of the 9 > colour more 

 creamy. 



Hab. — On Adenostoma fasciadatum, in the mountains, near Moun- 

 tain View, Cal. 



Lecanium pubescens, n. sp. 



$ scale about 4 mm. long, 2^/^ broad, and 2 mm. high, moderately 

 soft, before gestation covered with very soft hair. Colour blackish-brown, 

 more on the black, with a yellow longitudinal band on the dorsum. 

 Dorsum pitted and margin slightly wrinkled. Some specimens show a 

 lighter colour. When removed from twig the insect leaves a small 

 amount of white powder. 



Derm by transmitted light colourless, except margin, which is light 

 brown, with numerous small round gland pores. Margin with a 

 double row of minute simple spines, lateral incisions with one moder- 

 ately stout spine and two short ones. Anal plates large, outer corner 

 forming a right angle, with several hairs at tip and a long, stout hair on 

 each plate. Anogenital ring with six long, stout hairs. Legs slender. 

 Tibia and tarsus about equal. Femur a little longer than tibia. Coxa, 

 trochanter and femur each with a hair. Claw curved, with slender 



