782 TEE FOOD PLANTS OF SCALE INSECTS— COCKEBELL. 



VOL. XIX. 



CYPERACEvE. 



Sijjnoret records Lecanium an(/i,,statin,i, Signoret, and 1>actxjlopius 

 cyperi, Siguoret, from Cyperns papyn,.s. Aspuliotm <la,Ui, Maskell is 

 found on Lepiilmperma,' as well as on Cladiumr MytUmph canh/lixhUs 

 occurs on (kihnia.' OrtJtezia ratuphrm-ta, Shaw, is found about the 

 base of stems of Curex:^ 



GRAMINE^E. 

 The following- are from grass, genus not stated: 



(1) Dactylopim radiciim, Xcwstead. Ent. ilo. Mag., 1895, p. 235. 



(2) I). hibn-tiirHs, Newstead. Ent. Mo. Mag., 1895, ].. lt)7. 



(3) ]>. hrrhirola, Maskell. Tr. N. Z. Inst., XXIV, p. 36. 



(4) J), f/raminis, Maskell. Tr. X. Z. Inst., XXIY, p. 36. 



(5) JK segrenatHS, Cockerel]. Bull Bot. Dept.. .Jamaici., August, 1893 p 4- Journ 



Inst. Jamaica, 1893, p. 254. » > , j • , juuru. 



(6) n poo; Maskell. Scale Ins. N. Z., p. 112. On n.ots of tussock grass. Maskell 



Tr. N. Z. Inst., XXII, p. 150. ' 



(7) n. areco', Maskell. On roots. Maskell, Ir. N, Z. lust., XX^', p. 231 



(8) EInzocovca qnerv,i^, Cou.stock. 2<l Cornell Rept.,'p. 139. It is really an 



Eriococcus. 



(9) SUjnorelia }„zulw, Dufowr. Maskell, Tr. X. Z. Inst.. XXV, p. 224. It is a distinct 



variety, auxfralis. 



(10) Icertju purvhani, Maskell. Scale lus. N. Z.. p. 112. 



(11) Orlhezia normani, Douglas. Among the stems. Douglas, Trans. Ent. Soc. 



Eond.. 1881, p. 301. Now considered a synonym of O. ftoccosa 



(12) O. cafaphrartn, Shaw. About base of stems. Douglas, Trans. Ent. Soc Lond., 



(13) Aspidiotiix nerii, Boache. Couistock, 2<l Cornell liept., p. 139. 

 The following genera have coccid records: 



(A) Spartina, Schreber. 



{\) Chionasp\H,parVma',Vom>,to.\. On S. sMcta. Comstock, 2d Cornell Rept p 140 

 (2) Ihpersiu maritima, Cockerell. Insect Life. VII, ]>. 13. 



(B) Saechar 11)11, Linn.cns. 



The folk)wing are from the sugar cane, S. offieinarum: 



(1) Ictrya mcchnri, (iu.Tin. Signoret, Essai. Nonv considered identical with / sen- 



(2) J)actylopiuH calceolaria-, Maskell. Tr. N. Z. Inst. XXII, p. 149; Cockerell Bull 



Bot. Dept., Jamaica, Eel)ruary, 1893, p. 6. In .Jamaica. 



(3) ]). mcchari, Gudrln. Cockerell, .Journ. Trinidad Club, 1895, p. 195 



(4) Puhinnria gasUralpha, Signoret. Signoret, Essai sur les Cochenilles. 

 (o) A dp idiot IIS mcchari, Cockerell. Insect Life, \I. p. 103. 



(C) Calamagrostis, Adans. 



Signoret records EHopeltis Hchtemtehiii, Signoret, and Westuoodia 

 lierrisii, Signoiet. 



(D) Aira, ]>inu;eus. 



' Maskell, Tr. N. Z. Inst., XXV, p. 205. 



2 Maskell, Tr. N. Z. Inst., XXIII, p. 3. 



^Maskell, Scale Ins. N. Z.. p. 112. 



^ Douglas, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.. 1881, p 300. 



