726 THE FOOD r I. ANTS OFSCM.F. I ysFCTS—COrhFnFLL. VOL.XIX. 



The abbreviations used will be uiuleistood by all eoocidologists; but 

 it may be mentioned tLat "Sign. Essai"is Signoret's "Essai sur les 

 Coclienilles," "Comst., 2d Cornell Rep." is Comstoek's 1S83 report as 

 entomologist ofCornell University I'Lxperinient Station, "Tr. N. Z, Inst." 

 is the Transactions of the New Zealand Institute, and "Scale Ins. N. 

 Z." is Maskell's work on the Scale Insects of i^ew Zealand. 



RANUNCULACEyE. 



Dactf/lopiiis destructor Comi^tocli. (^zcUri Kisso) h:is bcoii foiiiid on the jjarden Pnonid. 

 (Howard, ]?iill. ;">, ])iv. Ent., V. .'n. Dept Ajirio., p. 17.) Sasaki reconls Dlitspis 

 patrUiformis from P. moiitan. 



DILLENIACEvE. 



A small order of tropical and Australian trees and shrubs. Hihher- 

 tia, much the largest genus, contains a number ol" species cultivated in 

 greenhouses. 



II. linearis, Robert Brown, and //. rirf/afa, Robert Rrown, both 

 natives of Australia, are the food i)lantsof Jhtcttjlopiiis hihbcrfia', ]\[as- 

 kell. This is a dark purple mealy l)Ug, resting on a cushion of yellow 

 cotton.' 



MAGNOLIACE^E. 



Trees of Asia and North America, with some rejiresentatives in South 

 America. In Australia and New Zealand Ihe order is represented only 

 by a few species of J>rimys • 7). coJorafa, Kaonl, in New Zealand, sup- 

 ports Myfihispis f?/'iw,y^?is, Maskell, and Jnf/lisia patelIn,M&,skel\. Corn- 

 stock (juotes Maskell as io M)/tilaspis conhjUn'xlh^ Maskell, V)eing also 

 found on J>ri)»i/s. Two species of the genus, at least, occur in cultiva- 

 tion. 



Coquillett records the exogenetic Aspidiotus ncrii,, Rouclu', on the 

 North American Ma{))i<)Jinf<i'ti<la, Liniiicus (f/raudijlora, Linna'iis). 



Lecanium fulipiferfr, Cook, which is very likely the same as the 

 undescribed Coccus liriorJendri of the last century, infests Liriodcndron 

 full pi/era, Linnams. 



The Asiatic Magnoliacea' certainly should be searchiMl fur Coccids. 



ANONACE.^. 



A large order of tropical trees, several being valuable for their fruit. 

 The Sweet Sop, Anoiut sqtiamofia, Linmeus. is a native of tropical Amer- 

 ica, and in Jamaica is infested by Lecanium heniispharicuni, Targioni- 

 Tozzetti, and Dactylopius rirgafus, Cockerell. It has also been taken 

 for the sake of its fruit to India, wheie it becomes a food plant of 

 Tachardia lacca, Kerr^ and the unrecognizable Coccus tricliodcs^ xVnder- 



'Tr. N. Z. Inst., XXIV, p. 32. 

 2 Watt, Diet. Kc. Prod. India. 



