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E(/</s — Yellow, laid in delicate eottony masses. 



Filaments- — Lateral and anal tilanients rather wide and of about the 

 same length. 



Food Plants — So far recorded on kentia palm (Kcntia sp.) and cocoa- 

 nut palm (Corns nucifera). 



THE INTERIOR LIVE OAK MEALY BUG. 

 Pseudococcns quercus (Ehrh.). 



Color — The body is g^reenish brown and partially concealed by fine, 

 white powder. 



Eggs — Not observed. 



Filaments — The lateral and anal filaments are rather Avide, the tails 

 being one third as long as the body. 



Food Plant — On the leaves and in the cracks of the bark of the maul 

 or interior live oak (Quercus cJirysolcpis) . 



Distribution — Originally collected in Stevens Creek Canyon, near 

 IMountain View, Cal., by Mr. E. ]M. Ehrhorn. It has never been recorded 

 from any other locality. 



THE CYPRESS MEALY BUG. 



Pseudococcns ryani (Coq.). 



Color — The body is dull salmon-brown with antennae and legs lighter 

 and sjiarsely covered with a fine, white powdery wax which does not 

 conceal the color. 



Eggs—Fi\lQ yellow, deposited in loose, white cottony masses. 



Filaments — The lateral filaments short — those at the anal end never 

 more than one third the length of the body. 



Food Plants — This species infests Chinese arbor-vitaj (Thuya orien- 

 ta,lis), i\[onterey cypress (Cuprcssus macrocarpa) and Norfolk Island 

 pine (Araucaria excelsa). 



Distribution — Collected at Anaheim, Orange County, Cal. It has also 

 been reported from various localities along the Pacific coast as far north 

 as Berkeley, Cal. 



THE GRASS MEALY BUG.= 



Pseudococcns solinus (Ckll.). 



Color — The body is gray, finely covered with white waxy powder. 



Eggs — Not recorded. 



Fila)nents — Lateral and anal filaments are very short. 



Food Plant — Grass. 



Distribution — La Jolla, San Diego County, Cal. 



THE REDWOOD MEALY BUG. 



Pseudococcns sequoice (Colm. ). 



Color — The body is gray and covered with thick white waxy material. 

 Eggs — Laid in an ovisac which does not enclose the female. 



=The writer has collected' a mealy bug at Sacramento on Bermuda grass, but is not 

 sure whether it is this species or not. 



