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  PSEUDAPHYCUS 
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  tory. 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  same 
  year 
  releases 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  

   on 
  three 
  sugtircane 
  plantations 
  in 
  Louisiana; 
  at 
  Cairo, 
  Ga.; 
  at 
  Belle 
  

   Glade. 
  Fla.; 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  shipment 
  sent 
  to 
  G. 
  N. 
  Wolcott 
  for 
  release 
  

   in 
  Puerto 
  Rico. 
  Other 
  releases 
  of 
  the 
  parasite 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   made 
  in 
  1933, 
  1934, 
  and 
  1936 
  in 
  several 
  additional 
  localities 
  in 
  the 
  

   three 
  states 
  mentioned. 
  According 
  to 
  Bynum 
  the 
  parasite 
  was 
  re- 
  

   covered 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  introduction 
  at 
  Houma 
  in 
  1932 
  and 
  each 
  year 
  

   thereafter 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  publication. 
  Recoveries 
  were 
  allegedly 
  

   made 
  at 
  several 
  other 
  points 
  of 
  introduction 
  including 
  Cairo, 
  Ga., 
  and 
  

   Belle 
  Glade, 
  Fla. 
  At 
  some 
  points 
  of 
  introduction 
  no 
  recoveries 
  were 
  

   made. 
  According 
  to 
  Wolcott 
  attempts 
  in 
  Puerto 
  Rico 
  to 
  recover 
  

   terryi 
  resulted 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  rearing 
  from 
  Trionymus 
  saccJmri 
  of 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  which 
  were 
  identified 
  b}- 
  Muesebeck 
  as 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  

   Pseiidaphycus. 
  

  

  In 
  194:3 
  I 
  received 
  from 
  D. 
  W. 
  Clancy, 
  of 
  the 
  Charlottesville, 
  Va., 
  

   laboratory, 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  specimens 
  of 
  a 
  parasite 
  reared 
  from 
  Fseudococ- 
  

   OU3 
  honirusis 
  that 
  had 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  him 
  by 
  J. 
  W. 
  Ingram, 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  

   of 
  Entomology 
  and 
  Plant 
  Quarantine 
  laboratory 
  at 
  Houma, 
  La. 
  

   These 
  specimens 
  had 
  been 
  reared 
  from 
  mealybugs 
  collected 
  in 
  1943 
  

   from 
  fields 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Houma 
  and 
  were 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  repre- 
  

   sentatives 
  of 
  the 
  introduced 
  Aphycus 
  terryi. 
  They 
  proved 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  

   A. 
  terryi^ 
  however, 
  but 
  the 
  above-described 
  new 
  species, 
  Pseudaphycus 
  

   inundus. 
  

  

  Following 
  this 
  discovery 
  a 
  request 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  Houma 
  labora- 
  

   tory 
  for 
  samples 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  shipment 
  of 
  parasites 
  received 
  from 
  

   Hawaii 
  for 
  introduction 
  into 
  Louisiana. 
  Such 
  a 
  sample 
  was 
  received 
  

   and 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  true 
  A. 
  terryi. 
  Another 
  lot 
  labeled, 
  "Cairo, 
  Ga., 
  

   1932, 
  ex 
  Psev/lococcufs 
  honinsis 
  E. 
  K. 
  Bynum 
  SC 
  #333," 
  and 
  appar- 
  

   ently 
  constituting 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  release 
  at 
  that 
  point, 
  was 
  also 
  

   received. 
  This 
  sample 
  proved 
  to 
  be 
  not 
  terryi 
  but 
  Pseudaphycus 
  

   mundus. 
  No 
  representatives 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  releases 
  were 
  obtained, 
  but 
  

   .specimens 
  taken 
  at 
  Houma 
  and 
  Ilaceland, 
  La., 
  in 
  1943, 
  supposedly 
  

   representing 
  recoveries 
  of 
  terryi^ 
  again 
  turned 
  out 
  to 
  be 
  P. 
  mundwi. 
  

   The 
  specimens 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Wolcott 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  taken 
  in 
  Puerto 
  

   Rico 
  and 
  identified 
  by 
  Muesebeck 
  as 
  Pseudapkycus 
  n. 
  sp. 
  were 
  located 
  

   in 
  the 
  National 
  Museum 
  collection 
  and 
  were 
  also 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  same 
  

   as 
  those 
  from 
  Louisiana 
  and 
  Georgia. 
  

  

  Tlie 
  above 
  data 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  parasite 
  received 
  from 
  Hawaii 
  was 
  

   certainly 
  Aphycus 
  terryi 
  but 
  that 
  this 
  species 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  recovered 
  at 
  

   any 
  of 
  those 
  points 
  of 
  release 
  frcjni 
  which 
  material 
  has 
  been 
  submitted 
  

   for 
  identification. 
  All 
  the 
  alleged 
  terryi 
  reared 
  from 
  field 
  a)llect 
  ions 
  

   at 
  Houma 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  new 
  species 
  Pseudaphycus 
  

   munduji. 
  Api)arently 
  alsf) 
  it 
  was 
  this 
  sj)ocies, 
  not 
  terryi., 
  which 
  was 
  

   released 
  at 
  Cairo, 
  Ga. 
  Furthermore, 
  it 
  ap[)ears 
  probable 
  that 
  this 
  was 
  

  

  