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coming summer. Then, neither of the genera Aclerda or Antonina 

 is, as yet, represented on our British list. Both Aclerda subterranea 

 and Antonina purpurea occur, upon grasses, in France. 



Our larger reeds (Plirai/nufes and P/talarix) are likely to repay 

 careful search, for species secreted between the leaf sheaths and 

 flowering stems. And all the various grasses and rushes deserve 

 careful attention. It is b}^ no means improbable that some species 

 of the interesting genus Mari/arodes may be (literally) turned up 

 upon the roots of grasses or other herbaceous plants. 



It should be noted that, though I have been talking of the 

 Coccidae of the " British Isles," nearly all of our records relate to 

 England alone, and to quite small areas of that. The distribution 

 of species in Scotland and Ireland is practically unknown. 



Finally, I may say that I shall be delighted to assist any of our 

 members who may be inclined to take up the study of these interest- 

 ing insects, and to determine any species that they may care to 

 submit to me. 



