760 THE FOOD PLANTS OF SCALE INSECTS— COCKERELL. 



Ceroplastes cistndiformis, Cockerell, has beeu found on Bignonia.^ 

 Coquillett bas reported Icerya purehasi, Maskell, from Tecoma. Dolich- 

 antJrone rheedii, Seemaii, is cited by Watt as a food plaut of Tachardia 

 lacca, Kerr. 



ACANTHACE^E. 



Phenacoccus harheri, Cockerell, bas been observed on Thunhergia 

 grfuidifJora.' Diaspis ami/gdali, Tryon ( = hinafns), occurs on Acfnithus.^ 

 Ernnthemum rariegninm (this name not in Index Kewensis) is freely 

 attacked hy Lecnninm hemispha-ricnm, Targioni Tozzetti, while Ortliezia 

 insig7iis, Douglas, also occurs upon it.^ Lounsbury records Orthczia 

 insignis, Douglas, from Vacobinia (syn. Lihonia)^ also from Peristrophe. 

 From Hygrophila spinosa, T. Anderson, ^ewstead describes bis Pulvin- 

 aria ohscura and Dactylopins viridis. Orthezia prwlonga, Douglas, 

 occurs on SancheziaJ' 



MYOPORACE^^. 



The following have been found on Myoporum (frequently misspelled 

 Myosporum) : 



(1) Icerya purchasi, Maskell. Coquillett, Kept. Dept. Agric. for 1888, p. 84. 



(2) Eriococciis pallidas, ^laskell. On the New Zealand il/. ?a'<«m, FoBster. Maskell, Tr. 



N. Z. Inst., XXIII, p. 21. 



(3) Lecanium olew, Bernard. Coquillett, Bull. 26, Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agric. 



(4) rulvinaria dodonaa; Maskell. Maskell, Tr. N. Z. Inst., XXV, p. 223. 



(5) Aspidiotus rapax, Comstock. Coquillett, Bull. 26, Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agric. 



VERBENACE^E. 



Lounsbury records Orthezia insignis^ Douglas, from Lippia [syn.Alo- 

 ysia) ; the same insect is also found on Lantana and Verbena. Tectona 

 grandis is a food plant of Tachardia lacea^ Kerr. Maskell reports 

 Aspidiotus carpodeti, Maskell, from Vitex littoralis; he also records 

 Diaspis santali, Maskell, from Vitex.*' 



LABIAT>E. 



Colevs, and according to Lounsbury especially C. verschaffeltiij is 

 badly infested by Orthezia insignis, Douglas." Phenacoccus barber i, 

 Cockerell, has occurred on Coleiis.^ Dactylopins lavandula;, Signoret, 



1 Cockerell, Zoe, 1893, p. 104. 



^Cockerell, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1895, p. 61. 



•'Cockerell, .lourn. Inst. Jamaica, I, p. 373. 



^Cockerell, Journ. Trinidad Club, 1894, ]>. 307; Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 1893, p. 55; 

 Maskell, Tr. N. Z. Inst., XXVII, p. 59. 



6Ent. Mo. Mag., 1891, p. 247. 



«Tr. N. Z. Inst., XXII, p. 135. 



i^Lounsbury, Ann. Kept. Mass. Coll. for 1894; Cockerell, Ent., 1892, p. 181; Ann. 

 Mag. Nat. Hist, 1895, p. 60. 



» Cockerell, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1895, p. 61. 



