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(8) J. /jernifJosHS, Comstock. On English ^valnut. Coquillett, Bull. 26, Div. Eut., 



U. S. Dept.Agric.,p.21. 



(9) A. aurantii, Maskell. On Eujjlish waluut. Coquillett, Bull. 26, Div. Ent., 



U. S. Dept. Agric, p. 15. 



Lecanium caryw, Fitch, was found on Jllcoria ovata {Cart/a alba). 



MVRICACEvE. 



Ceroplastes myrica', Liniiii-us, is from tlie South African Myrica 

 quercifolia, Linnicus. Both plant and insect are doubtful species. 

 Maskell reports Ceroplastes ceriferus, Anderson, and Tachardia deco- 

 rella, INfaskell, from Myrica cerifera, Linnicus, a native of Korth 

 America.' 



FAGACEvC. 



On the birches [Betnla) are found: 



(1) Fiilrinarta hettthv, Linn:eus. On B. alha. .Siguoret Essai, sur lea Cochenilles. 



(2) Leeaniitm doiii/latsi of Sulc. On 7>. alha in Bohemia. Eut. Mo. Mag., 1895, p. 37. 



(3) L. jiruiuosiim, Co(£uillett. Coquillett, Insect Life, III, p, 384. 



(4) J,sj;iV/io<Hak<M?tt', Baerensprung. On B. alha. Signoret, Essai sur les Cochenilles. 



My specimens are from li. ulha at Chuchle, near Prague, collected by Mr. Karel 

 Sulc. 



(5) A. ra^>ax, Comstock. Coquillett, Bull. 26, Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agric, p. 25. 



(6) 2IytihtK2)is j)ontoniiii. Boucho. Country Gentleman, January 10, 1^95, p. 27. 



(7) ChioHaxjiisHnfneri, Comstock. On B.puptirifira. Prince Edward Island (Fletcher). 



On the alders {Alnus) are: 



(1) ChUmaspis llntneri, Comstock. Comstock, 2d Cornell Eept., p. 139. 



(2) C. aim, Signoret. On A. ghithwsa (syn. communis). Signoret, Essai sur les 



Cochenilles. 



(3) Leranitim (jihher, Dalman. Signoret, Essai sur les Cochenilles. This is probably 



L. caprea', I>innieus. 



On Carplnua are found : 



(1) Puhinaria carpini, Liuuji'us. Signoret, Essai sur les Cochenilles. Said to be 



on C. sUvchas. but no such name is in Index Kewensis. 



(2) Lecaninm ribiii, Fitch. Cockerell, Amer. Nat., 1895, p. 731. Also on Oxtrija. 



Lecanium quercitronis, Fitch, occurs on ironwood.^ 

 Lecaninm coryli, LinniPus, is from Corylus arellana; L. corylifex, 

 Fitch, is also from the hazel. The two are perhaps identical. 

 The following are found on various oaks {Quercus): 



(1) Asterolecanhim quercicola,Bouchc. On white oak. Comstock, 2d Cornell Kept., 



p. 130. On Q. robur. Signoret, Essai. Also reported on Q. ilex, but in error 

 for the following. 



(2) A. ilicicola, Targioni-Tozzetti. On Q. ilex. Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital., 1892, p. 311. 



(3) Lecaniodiaspin quercuH, Cockerell. In Japan. Cockerell, Psyche Supp., 1896, 



p. 19. 



(4) herya purehaai, Maskell. A few ou Q. douglasii (Coquillett). 



(5) FhenaeocctiB quercus, Douglas. See Ent. Mo. Mag., 1890, p. 155. 



1 Tr. N. Z. Inst., XXV, pp. 216, 249.* 

 - Cockerell, Can. Ent., 1895, p. 255. 



