48 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



B(E7-havia spicata, Choisy, and of Kallstrcemia br achy sty I is, Vail. 

 These plants grow on the sandy mesa, in the atriplex belt, and on dig- 

 ging around their roots one is apt to find a nest of this ant ; and on the 

 roots, either just at the surface or up to the depth of an inch below, the 

 Coccids are found. I have also found a few of them on the stems of K. 

 brac/iystylts, which are prostrate. Found October 15th, 1897, on grounds 

 of the N. M. College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. 



Remarks. — This Coccid would at first thought be taken for F/iena- 

 coccus helianthi, CklL, which occurs in the same locality and is found 

 quite abundantly in early spring on a Phacelia, sp., but they differ in the 

 following respects : P. helianthi has the caudal and lateral filaments 

 quite prominent, and there are well-marked dorsal ridges ; all these are 

 absent in this species. In helianthi, segments 2 and 3 of the antennae are 

 usually longer than in this, 2 being about 90 /a, and 3, 80 /x, which is con- 

 siderably longer than the third in this species ; 9 is about the same length 

 in both species. The formula of heliantJii is 239 45 16 (78). This 

 species is also broader and thicker in proportion to its length. 



The ovisac of helianthi is also much more compact in texture than 

 in this one. From P. Americance, King and CklL, it differs in having 

 the legs and antennae much larger, and in having ninth joint shorter than 

 either 2 or 3. 



This is the first Coccid found associated with ants in New Mexico. 



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Mailed Febrr.ary 4th, 1898. 



