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THE MONTHLY BULLETIN. 



THE OCEAN MEALY BUG. 



PsciulocGccus niaiitiiiiiis (Ehrh.). 



Color— Body reddish Ijrown, covered with thin white waxy powder 

 which does not hide the color of the l)ody. 



Eggs — Orange yellow, laid in a well developed ovisac. 



Filaments— Latevi\\ filaments short. The anal filaments or tails are 

 one half as long as the body. 



Food Plant — On the roots of Eriogonum latifolium. 



Distrihution— On the cliffs near the ocean at Santa Cruz, Cal. It 

 has not been reported from any other locality. 



THE OBSCURE MEALY BUG. 



Pseudococcus ohsciniis Essig. 



Color Body light gray, covered with very thin white powder which 



does not hide the color and segmentation of the body. 



Eggs — Light yellow, laid in loose cottony masses. 



Filameuts—hateY'dl and anal filaments are short, of about tlie same 

 length and often'indistinct. 



Food Plant — On the roots of cactus (Opuntia sp.). 



Distribution— Boyle Heights, Los Angeles. Cal. 



THE KENTIA MEALY BUG. 



I'scudocoecus pHcudoniinv ((_'kll.). 

 (Fig. 34.) 



Color— Body covered with a cream-colored cottony wax which is 

 arranged in rows of small definite patches. 



Fig 34 — The kentia mealy bug, Pseudococcus pseudonipw. Eggs, young, 

 cocoons of males and females on leaf of kentia palm. (Authors illustra- 

 tion.) 



