758 THE FOOD PLANTS OF SCALE INSECTS— GOCKERELL. vol.xix. 



( = /rtnfl/Ms), have occurred on Calotropis procera.^ On Hoya carnosa^ 

 Kobert Brown, a native of the Eastern tropics, Signoret records 

 Davti/lopiiis hoyia', Signoret (rect. hoya). 



LOGANIACE^E. 



On the New Zealand Geniostoma HgiistrifoUum, jMaskell found 

 Ctenochiton elongatus^ Maskell. Aspidiotus hiidlcia', Siguoret (rect. 

 bud(Ueia'), is variously rei)orted by Signoret, Comstock, and Maskell 

 from Buddleia globidosa and B. saUeina. These two specific names 

 must be erroneous, as they are not in the Index Keweusis; there is 

 a globosa and a salicifoUa. 



BORAGINACE^E. 



On heliotrope [Heliotr opium) Lounsbury reports Orthezia insignis, 

 Douglas, while I have recorded Chionaspis major, Cockerell.- Pheno- 

 coccus hrimnitarsis, Signoret, is recorded by Signoret from Borago 

 o^fficinaliH, Linntcus. I have recorded Orthezia insignis, Douglas, from 

 Myosotis.^ 



CONVOLVULACE.^. 



The Old World Argyreia sj)eciosa, when cultivated in Jamaica, is 

 attacked by Diaspis amygdali, Tryon {=^lanati(s).^ Lounsbury reports 

 Orihesia insignis, Douglas, from Ipomcea. Lecanium batata', Cockerell, 

 is found on roots of Ipomaa batatas.* 



SOLANACE^^. 



The coccids of Solanum are: 



(1) Daciylopius solani. Cockerell. On roots of S. ti(bero'<um and S. i-ostratitm, Cock- 



erell, Anicr. Nat., 1895. p. 729; Can. Ent., 1894, p. 28(i. 



(2) Dactiiloiiius 8p.,on S. melongena. In Jamaica. Cockerell, Ent., 1893, p. 266. 



(3) D. affinis, Maskell. On tubers of potato. Maskell, Tr. N. Z. Inst., XXVI, p. 90. 



(4) Z). citri, Boisduval. On <S. jasminoidcs. Gillette and Baker, Hemip. Colo., p. 125. 



(5) Ceroplastrs lirripediformis, Comstock. On soushumber. Cockerell, Jonrn. Inst. 



Jamaica, 1892. p. 54. 



(6) iecflJiJ/iHio/rd, Bernard. On soushumber. Cockerell, .lourn. Inst. Jamaica, 1892, 



p.. 54. On bittersweet (Comstock) ; on-S. /fl8«(i«oirfes((;illette and Hakt-r, Hemip. 

 Colo., p. 127) ; on N. douglasii (Coqnillctt, Bull. 26, Div. Ent., II. S. Dept. Agric). 



(7) 0>'//(e^)« j)/.<(u/n(.s, Douglas. On S. iuberostim. Cockerell. Insect Life, V, p. 247. 



(8) /ceri/'( iJ'nv/irtsi. Maskell. Co(|uillett, Ke]»t. l>ei>t. Agric. for 1888. 



(9) Pseiidoparlatorin ontreata, Cockerell. On soushumber. Cockerell. Journ. Inst. 



Jamaica, 1892, p. 136. 



' Cockerell, Insect Life, V, ]>. 246. 



2 Can. Ent., 1894, ]). 127. 



^ Insect Life, V, p. 247. 



^Cockerell, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1895, p. 62. 



