776 THE FOOD PLANTS OF SCALE INSECTS— COCKERELL. 



(L) Oncidium, Swartz. 



(1) Asjiidioliis bifo)mis,Coc)ieTel\. On O. 8^>j-iuei, Liiulley, a native of Brazil. Cock- 



erel!, Gard. Chron., May 6, 1893, p. 548; Townseud, Journ. Inst. Jamaica, 1895, 

 p. 169. 



(2) A ulacaspis hoisduvalii. Signoret. On O. quadripeiahim, Swartz (syn., tetrapetahim), 



a native of Mexico. Cockerell, Gard. Chron., May (5, 1893, p. 548. 



(3) Asteroh'canhim oncidii, Cockerell. Cockerell, Sci. Goss., 1893, p. 78 (as Plan- 



chonia). On O. qitadrij>etalum. Tarj;ioiii-Tozzptti. Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital., 1893, 

 p. 311 (as Aiterolecanium aiiretim). 

 (M) liraisUt, Robert Brown. 

 (1) PuhitKiria brasslti, Cockerell. On />, verriicom, Batenian, a native of Mexico. 

 Cockerell, Can. Knt., 1895, ]). 135. 

 (N) Vntidti, Robert Brown. 

 (1) Parlator'm protrua, Curtis. Signoret, Essai snr les Cochenilles. 

 (O) A)if/r(vcinn. Thou. 



(1) Lecanium anijrnc'i, Boisduval. Signoret, Essai. A jiroblematical species. On 



A. sesijiiipednle, a native of Madagascar. 



(2) Conchaapis anf/ra'ci, Cockerell. On ./. sesqiiipedale and A. eburneum var. rirens 



(Lindley). Cockerell, Bull. Bot. Dept. Jamaica, February, 1893, p. 9; Journ. 

 Inst. Jamaica, I, p. 373. 



(3) Aaterolecan'uim aureum, Boisduval. On J. sesquipedah. Cockerell, .lourn. Inst. 



Jamaica, I, p. 373. 

 (P) Selenipedhim, H. G. Reichenbach. 

 (1) ParJatoria proieus, Curtis. Signoret, Essai sur les Cochenilles. 



SCITAMINACEyE. 



Curcuma hm;/a, Linn;eus, a native of tropical Asia, lias been recorded 

 as a food j)laiit of As2)idioti(s ficiis, Ashniead.' Calatheu vittata (syn. 

 Maranta vittata) is the food plant of Aster olecamum aureum. 



On Musa are found : 



(1) Aspidiotus palma', Morgan and Cockerell. On banana. Cockerell. Insect Life, V, 



p. 245; Journ. Trinidad Club, 1894, p. 306. 



(2) A. destructor, Signoret. Ou banana. Cockerell, .lourn. Trinidad Club, 1894, p. 



307. 



(3) A. artiviiUttu8, Morgan. Cockerell, Insect Life, 1893, p. 160. 



(4) A. prraoiHitiiK, Comstock. Cockerell, Insect Life, 1893, p. 160. 



(5) A. ficns, Ashmead. Cockerell, Insect Life, 1893, p. 160. 



From HeUeonia hihai, Linuiieus, a native of South America, is recorded 

 Pi)inas2)is pantlani, Comstock.^ Comstock-' records Aulaeaapis boisdu- 

 valiiy Signoret, from Barenala madagascariensis. 



BROMELIACE^^. 



The i)ineapple, Ananas ananas (Linna'us) = satirus, a native of trop- 

 ical America, is not rarelj- attacked by Diaspis hromelia', Kerner, which 

 is really an Aulacaspis. In Jamaica there is found u])on it a small 



' Townsend, .lourn. Inst. .lamaica. 1895, p. 169. 

 -Cockerell, .lourn. Trinidail Club, 1S94, p. 307. 

 3 2d Cornell Rept.. p. 86. 



