762 THE FOOD PLANTS OF SCALE INSECTS— COCKERELL. vol.xix. 



On greasewood {Sarcohatus rermiculatns) are found IjCcaniodiaHpis 

 yncc<v, Towiiseiul, var. rufescens, Cockerell, and Orthezia anna\ Cock- 

 erell.' 



POLYGON ACE^^. 



Coquillett has recorded fcerf/a pnrehasi., Maskell, from Polyf/onum. 

 Ripersi<( rumicis, Maskell, was found at the roots of Rumex Hcetosellar 

 Dadylopitis areece, Maskell, has occurred on dock.' Maskell'' records 

 Fiorinta stricta, Maskell, Eriochiton spinosus, Maskell, and Calostoma 

 zaiaiidicum, IMaskell, from Muhlenheclia (uJspersn, but the species 

 intended is doubtless M. udpressa; there is no ^[. (i(l.sper.so. 



ARISTOLOCHIACE^e. 



The unrecognizable Coccus dsari, Schrank, is from Asdrum europwum, 

 Liunanis. Mr. Hart has sent me Lecanium kemisphariciim^ Targioni- 

 Tozzetti, on Aristolochia from Trinidad. 



PIPERACE^E. 



From Piper excelsum, Forster, Maskell ^ records Ctenochiton piperis^ 

 Maskell, and Dactylopius glancns, Maskell. 



MYRISTICACE.^. 



On the nutmeg {Myrisfica frayrana) there has been found Y'msonia 

 stellifera, Westwood.'' 



MONIMIACEvE. . 



Fiorinia stricta^ Maskell, occurs on Hedycarya. Atherosperma is a 

 small genus, with a species in New Zealand, two in Australia, and one 

 in Chile. On A. novd'zedlandia', Hooker, Maskell records the following 

 seven species: 



1. Asjyidiotiis athcro8p())ii(i,yias]i.el\. 5. Iii;/Hsia patella, y\<iskt'\\. 



2. Fiorinia ;/i(jas, Maskell (antclia'). 6. Eriovhiton spinosui^, Maskell, 



3. Mylilaspis pyrij'ormis, Maskell. 7. Friococnts palUdits, Maskell. 



4. Ctenochiton viridix, Maskell. 



(For the first six, see Scale lus. N. Z., p. Ill; lor the seventh, Tr. X. Z. lust., 

 XXIII, p. 21.) 



' Gillette aud Baker, Hemip. Colo., p. 127. 



- Maskell, Tr. N. Z. lust., XXIV, p. 37. 



'Maskell, Tr. X. Z. Inst., XXV, ]>. 231. 



■"Scale Ins., N. Z. p. 113. 



«Copkerell, Bull. Bot. Dept.. .Jamaica, IXa'i, ]». 101. 



