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The following are found on box {Buxus sempervirens) : 



(1) EriococcKs buxi, Signoret. Signoret, Essai sur les Cochenilles. 



(2) Lecanium hespcridum, Linnauis. Maskell, Scale lus. N. Z., p. 111. 



(3) Aapidiotus aurantU, Maskell. Maskell, Tr. N. Z. lust., XXV, p. 20i). 



(4) A. hedero', Vallot. Signoret, Essai sur les Cochenilles. 



(5) P'mnaspis hnxi, Boucho. Signoret, Essai. Formerly placed in Mytiluspis. 



Coccus oogenes, Anderson, occurred upon Phyllanthus emhlica, Lin- 

 na'us; Llaveia axinus, Llave, was found on Jatropha curcas, Linnanis; 

 Tachardia lacca, Kerr, has been found on Aleurifes moluecana. From 

 Croton the following are known : 



(1) Tachardia lacca, Kerr. On C. draco, Schlecht., a sjiecies of Mexican origin. 



Watt. Diet. Econ. Prod, ludia, II, p. 410. 



(2) Phenacocciis harheri, Cockerell. Cockerell, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1895, p. HI. 



(3) Dactiilopius cirgatus, Cockerell, var. farinoaus, Cockerell. Cockerell, Can. Ent.> 



1895, p. 259. 



(4) D. ceriferus, Newstead. Newstead, lud. Mus. Notes, III, No. 5, pp. 4, 5. 



(5) D. citri, Boisduval. Cockerell, Bull. Bot. Dept. Jamaica, Aug. 1893, p. 3. 



(6) Lichtensia lutea, Cockerell. At Vera Cruz. Cockerell, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 



1893, p. 51. 



(7) Diaspis jrinnnlifera, Maskell, Maskell, Tr. N. Z., Inst., XXV, p. 208. 



(8) MyHJaspis citricola, Packard. Maskell, Tr. N. Z. Inst., XXVII, p. 48. I doubt 



if this is the real citricola. 



(9) M. crotonis, Cockerell. In Jamaica. Cockerel], Journ. Inst. Jamaica, 1893, p. 



256. 

 (10) Parlatoria pergandei, Comstock, var. crotonis. Cockerell, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 1895, p. 62. 



Pseudoparlatoria ostreata, Cockerell, is destructive to Acalypha mar- 

 ginata, S})reng.^ Dactylopius virc/atus, Cockerell, occurs upon Acalyphnr 

 Geroplastes albolineatus, Cockerell, was found on Excoecaria hicolor, 

 Hasskarl, a native of the Malay region, cultivated in Jamaica." 



URTICACEvE. 

 The following are known from Ulmus : 



(1) Gossyparia uhm, Geoftroy. On U. campestris. Signoret, Essai, and most other 



authors. 



(2) Lecanium ulmi, LinniBus. Signoret, Essai. On U. campestris. 



(3) L, caryce, Fitch, var. canadense, Cockerell. On U. racemosa. Cockerell, Can. 



Ent., 1895, p. 254. 



(4) L. pruinosum, Coquillett. On cork elm, Coquillett, Bull. 26, Div. Ent., U. S. 



Dept. Agric, p. 33. 



(5) Piilvinaria innumeraMlis, Hsii^vYon. On U. Americana and U. fiilva. Mundt, Can. 



Ent., 1884, p. 240. 



(6) llytiJaspis pomorum, Bouch6 (including conchiformis). On U. campestris. Com- 



stock, 2d Cornell Kept., p. 140; Signoret, Essai sur les Cochenilles. 



(7) Chioxaspis americana, Johnson. On U. americana. Champaign, Illinois (W. G. 



Johnson). 



1 Cockerell, Journ. Inst. Jamaica, 1892, p. 136; Insect Life, VI, p. 103. 

 "Cockerell, Bull. Bot. Dept. Jamaica, August, 1893, p. 3. 

 ^Townsend, .Journ. Inst. Jamaica, 1895, p. 169. 



