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On persimmon {J>iosj)yros) IHaspLs aw<//^r/«//, Tiyon, has been loiiud.' 

 Comstock records Chionasph hielavis, Comstock, from Diospyros ehennni, 

 Koenig. 



OLEACEyE. 

 On Jasmimim have been found : 



(1) Lecaniiim mangifetur, Green. On J. samhnr, Alton, a native of tropical Asia, in 



cultivation in Jamaica. Cockerell, Insect Life, V, p. 246. 



(2) Jspidiotits (irtiriilatHS, Morgan. On J. sambac Cockerell, Insect Life, V, p. 246. 



(3) A. personatus, Comstock. On J. ^^H&esceHN, Willdenow; also a native of tropical 



Asia, cultivated in Jamaica. Cockerell, Insect Life, Y, p. 246. 



(4) A. (Uffinis, Xewstead, var. lateralis, Cockerell. On J. piihesceiiH. Cockerell, 



Can. Ent., 1894, p. 130. 



(5) IHaspis amijddali, Tryon,=lanatii8. Cockerell, Jonrn. Inst.. .Jamaica, I, p. 373. 



Coquillett records Aspidiotus nerii, Bonche, from Syringa vulgaris. 

 From lilac Maskell also reports 2[ytihtspi.s pomoru))i , Bouche. 

 The species found on Fraxhius are rather numerous, thus: 



(1) Piilviiiaiia fraxini, Signoret. On F. excehior. 8igooret. Essai. 



(2) P. i;/H((»ie/a&i7i8, Rathvon. On F.n'Kjra {mmhucifolia). Mundt. Can. Ent., 1884, 



p. 240. 



(3) Lecaiiinm pruinosum, Coquillett. Co(iuillett, Insect Life, III, p. 384. 



(4) i. o/e(r, Bernard. Coquillett, Bull. 26, Div. Ent., U. 8 Dept. Agric, p. 28. Corn- 



stock cites it from Oregon ash. 



(5) L, hesperidum, Linujeus. Coquillett, Bull. 26, Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agric, p. 26. 



(6) Coccus fraxini, Cbavauues, 1848. .Said sometimes to produce manna. Not now 



recognized. 



(7) Chionaspis fraxini, Signoret. Signoret, Essai; Gillanders, Brit. Nat., 1894, p. 23. 



On F. excelsior. Comstock considers it identical with C. sal ids. 



(8) Mytilaspis pomorum, Boucho. On F. amcricana and F. nigra (sambiicifolia). 



Country Gentleman, January 10. 1895, p. 27. Also reported from ash by 

 Maskell. 



(9) Aspidiotus ancylus, Putnam. Comstock, 2d Coinell Eept.. p. 139. 



(10) A. juglans-regiii, Comstock, var. albus, Cockerell. Cockerell, Insect Life, VII, 



p. 211 ; Can. Ent., 1894, p. 287. Formerly recorded by Townsend as A. convexus. 



On the olive {Olea europea, Linnaeus, M-ith syn. or var. hisjyanica) are 

 found : 



(1) FoUiniapollini, Costa (syn. costce). Signoret, Essai. 



(2) Lccaniiim olew, Bernard. Signoret, Essai. In Jamaica, although L. olea- is com- 



mon, it does not attack the olive. Cockerell, Bull. Bot. Dept., Jamaica, 1894, 

 p. 72. 



(3) Mytilaspis 11 avu, Targioni-Tozzetti. Signoret, Essai ; Comstock, 2d Cornell Kept., 



p. 140. 



(4) Aspidiotus villostis, Targioni-Tozzetti. Signoret, Essai ; Comstock, 2d Cornell 



Kei>t., p. 140. 



(5) A. articidatuK, Morgan. Cockerell, Insect Life, 1893, p. 160. 



(6) A. personatus, Comstock. Cockerell, Insect Life, 1893, p. 160. 



(7) A.ficus, Asbmead. Cockerell, Journ. Inst. Jamaica, I, p. 373. 



1 Cockerell, Can. Ent., 1895, p. 260. 



