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pest of coconut. It is very widely distributed and is known from British 

 Guiana, Zanzibar, South Africa, British East Africa, Uganda, and the 

 •Oold Coast. 



Aspidiotus dichjosfermi, Morg. 



Ind. Mus. Notes, IV, p. 119 (1899) ; Bom. Jour. XIII, p. G8, 

 XVI, p. 345 ; South Ind. Coccid^ (MS). - 



This species has been found at Bangalore, on Deiidrohium 

 ■Coconada, on Mimusops elengi ; in Ceylon, on Cycas, Opuntia and Calo- 

 plujUum ; and in North India, on tea. 



Aspidiotus hartii. 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 295. 

 Specimens on turmeric rhizomes at Poona were identified by Mr. 

 •Green as A. hartii, which is a West Indian species ; and possibly the 

 identification was a mistake for A. curcumce. 



Aspidiotus latanice, Sign. 



A. cydonicB, Gr. 



Mem. Dept. Agri. Ind., II. p. 33 ; Bom. Jour. XlII, p. G9 ; 

 South Ind. Coccidfe (MS). ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, 

 pp. 211, 232, 239, 257. 



This species has been noticed at Coimbatore, on Ficus carica, sissal 

 hemp, Carissa carandas ; Madras, on Nerium odonim ; Coonoor, on peach ; 

 Calcutta, on Phoenix sp., ; Bombay, on Citrus, bamboo, Poinciana 

 regia ; Pusa, on Zizyphus jujuba, Xylophylla clongata, D<dbergia sissu ; 

 Bangalore, on guava leaves, tamarind fruit pods ; Muzafiarpur ; and 

 Poona, on orange leaves. 



It is also found on tamarind fruits, plantain leaves, Ficus carica, 

 Dalbergia sissu, guava, Xylophylla elongata, Zizyphus jujuba. 



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Aspidiotus orientalis, Newst. 



Ind. Mus. Notes, II, v, p. 26 (1894), IV, 4 (1896) [osbeckiai] ; 

 B. J., XIII, p. 69 (1900), XXIII. p. 135 (1914) ; Proc. 

 Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 216, 234, 239, 257, 266. 



This species has been found at Pusa, on plantain leaves, Cassia 

 fistula, Ficus religiosa, Melia azadirachta, Zizyphus jujuba, D. sissu ; 

 in South India, on tamarind fruits ; Bombay, on roses ; Ceylon, on 

 Osbeckia sp. ; Guntur, on Solanum melongena ; Poona ; Ahmadnagar, 



