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SEVENTH KERMES (COCCID^) FROM CALIFORNIA 



GEO. B. KING 



Lawi-ence, Mass. 



Figure 1. Kermes essufii King on twigs of the California Coast live oak, Quescns 

 agrifoUa Nee. Twice natural size. (Photo by E. O. Essig). 



Kermes essigii n. sp. 

 Female scale — Liglit brown, 6 mm. long, 6 mm. broad and 5 mm. 

 high; surface shiny. Under normal conditions practically 

 globular, of two distinct forms, one with a deep broad 

 longitudinal constriction, with sides bulging, and four 

 transverse bands of a light cream color. The constriction 

 is not pallid, but of the same color as that of the scale, light 

 brown. The entire surface is peppered with minute black 

 specks, only visible through a hand lens of 20 diam. ; there 

 are also several large black dots about the size of a pin head 

 viewed under a hand lens. The other form is of the same 



