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11. Somatochlora elongata Scudd. Rollo Bay, 1 (^ . Not 

 known west of Wisconsin. 



12. Libellula- quadrimaculata L. Charlottetown, 3 cfs; New 

 Harmony Road, 4 nymphs, two belonging to the penultimate stage, 

 the others younger. 



13. Sympetrum obtrusnm Hagen. Charlottetown, 5 cfs, 2 

 9 s, two of the &s recently emerged; Little Harbour, 2 cfs; New 



Harmony Road, 1 full-grown nymph. 



14. Sympetrum rubicnndnlum Selys. Charlottetown, 3 cfs; 

 Little Harbour, 1 cf, New Harmony Road, Icf 3 9s., all teneral. 



15. Leucorrhinia hudsonica Selys. New Harmony Road, 2 

 nymphs, penultimate and ante-penultimate stages. 



This and the preceding three species are transcontinental 

 species, L. hudsonica being confined to the boreal region. 



16. Leucorrhinia intacta Hagen. New Harmony Road, one 

 nymph of the penultimate stage apparently, belonging to this 

 species. Another similar younger nymph was also found. 



Distributed as far west as Alberta, (see Mr. Whitehouse's 

 list, Can. Ent., vol. XLIX, p. 96.) but not common in the Cana- 

 dian Zone. 



THE STATUS OF LECANIUM CORNI BOUCHE IN NEW 



JERSEY (HOMOP.) 



BY HARRY B. WEISS, NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. 



This insect is undoubtedly the best recorded of all the species 

 listed in Smith's " Insects of New Jersey," inasmuch as it appears at 

 least eleven times disguised under as many synonyms. J. G. 

 Sanders, in his paper, "The Identity and Synonymy of Some of 

 Our Soft Scale Insects," (Jour. Econ. Ent., 1909, p. 428) mentions 

 41 or 42 synonyms of Lecanium corni Bouche, and eleven of them 

 managed to appear in Smith's list. 



Sanders states that it is widely distributed in North America, 

 the most important hosts being plum, peach, apricot, pear, currant, 

 blackberry, mulberry, osage orange, elm, ash, linden, pecan, maple, 

 Cornus, etc. It also occurs in Europe in greenhouses on peach 

 and grape and outside on various plants including currants, goose- 



April, 1917 



