Pomona College, Clarcmont, California 



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Eggs. — Average 60 to 70 eggs per female, 92 highest number 

 noted. Ellipsoidal, pale cadmium yellow (1) ; .5 mm. long, .25 mm. 

 wide. 



Type and paratypes deposited in the California Academy of 

 Sciences, paratypes also deposited as follows: United States Na- 

 tional Museum, Washington, D. C; G. F. Ferris. Stanford Uni- 

 versity, Palo Alto, California; E. O. Essig, University of Cali- 

 fornia, Berkeley, California, and in my own collection. 



Comparison. — This is a very distinctive species, the small 

 number of spines, their form, size and distribution separating it 

 quite widely from the known species of this state. The only 

 species that I have seen which at all resembles it is Eriococcus 

 inerTnis Gr., which is found on grass at Camberley, Surrey, Eng- 

 land. 



Life history. — As a rule the females come to rest with the 

 cephalic end of the body uppermost on the erect leaves, where they 



Fig. C. Anal lobe showing relative positions of dorsa-latoral spines to ven- 

 tral setae. 

 Fig. D. Venteral aspect of anal lobe. 

 Fig. E. Dorsal aspect of anal lobe. 

 Fig. F. Leg. 

 Figs. G, H, I, J, showing variation of antennae. 



Note: (1) Nomenclature of Windsor and Newton's water colors as given 

 in the "Glossary of Entomology", Smith. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, Brooklyn, N. Y.. 

 1906. 



