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mealy l)ug, DaciyJopius hreripes? A different mealybug-, ]>. hromelifv, 

 Bouclie, also occurs on pineajjple; lull particulars of it are given by 

 Signoret, who received it from Zanzibar. There is also a problematical 

 Lecaiiium hromeUa' on pineapple, said to resemble L. liesperidiim^ Lin- 

 ineus, very much, 



Aftpidioius rHe.S'/a?, Signoret,-' is from TillandsHa {Vriesla) splendens. 



IRIDACEvE. 



Lecanium paterftoiiiw, Maskell, is from Patersonia glahrata, Robert 

 Brown, a native of Australia.' 



AMARYLLIDACE^^. 



Lecanium olea', Bernard, and L. heHperidum, Linmeus, have been 

 found on Hippeastrum eqtiestre, Herbert, a native of Mexico.* Dactylo- 

 pins ////(/cmr/n»,Bouche,occurson Crinnmy' it is also found on Amaryllis. 

 Lecaninm ((ssimiJe, Newstead, var. amaryllidis, is from Amaryllis.^ 

 Dactylojnn.s UUacearum, Bouche, is found on Pancratium. D. simplex, 

 Cockerell, is from RymenocalUs caribwa ( Pancratinm carihwnm).' Astern- 

 lecanium aureum was found by Mr. Hart on Hippeastrum in cultivation 

 in Trinidad. 



Gymnococcus ayarium (Douglas) was found on Agave. Aspidiotus 

 boicreyi, Cockerell, is from AyareriaidaJ' Cocjuillett ^ reports Aspidiotus 

 nerii.1 Bouche, from Agave americana. 



DIOSCOREACE.^. 



Aspidiotus h<irtii, Cockerell, occurs on yam.'" 



LILIACE.^. • 



Following is a list of the genera infested, with their coccids: 



(A) Smilax, Liniiipns. 



(1) Aspidiotus smilacis, Comstock. Coinstock, 2(1 Cornell Rept. 



(2) Lecaninm urichi, Cockerell. On -S'. campesfris, Grisebach, Kio Grande tlo Sul, 



Brazil (Von Iliering). 



(B) Rhipof/onum, Forster. 



(1) Cliionaspis minor, Maskell. On R. ncandens. Maskell, Scale Ins. N. Z., p. 113. 



1 Cockerell, Ent., 1893, p. 267. 



^ Signoret, Essai sur les Cochenilles. 



« Maskell, Tr. N. Z. Inst., XXVII, p. .58. 



* Cockerell. Insect Life, V. p. 24.5 ; Bull. Bot. Dept., Jamaica, 1894, p. 18. 



■''Signoret, Easai sur les Cochenilles. 



•^Cockerell, Trans. Anier. Ent. Soc 1893, p. .53. 



7 Cockerell. Ent., 1893, p. 267. 



8 Cockerell, Ent. News, 1894, p. .59. 



9 Bull. 26, Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agric, p. 20. 

 '"Cockerell, Psyche Snpp., 1895. p. 7. 



