147 



Coccus pe-la Westw., Gard. Cbron., pp. 484, 532 (1853). 

 Ericerus " Guer., Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr., (3), vi, p. Ixvii (1S58). 



" " Sign., Ann. " " " (4), ix, p. 102 (1869). 



Coccus " Silliman, Am. Nat., v, p. 683 (1871). 

 Ericerus " Sign., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., (5), iv, p. 91 (1874). 



" " Blanch., Les Coccides utiles, p. 28 (1883). 



" Comst, Intr. Ent., p. 136 (1888). 



" " Cotes, Ind. Mus. Notes, ii, p. 91 (1891). 



" " Comst., Man. Ins., p. 166 (1895). 



" " Green, Cocc. Ceylon, pt. i, p. 3 (1896). 



" " Howard, Bull. 9, n. s., Dep. Ag., p. 39 (1897). 



" " Smithers, Pharmaceutical Era, No. 8 (1897). 



" " Kuw., Pr. Cal. Ac. Sci., (3), iii, p. 62 (1902). 



Habitat. — Europe; China; Japan. 

 On Rhussuccedanea ; Ligustrum glabrum ; Hibiscus syriacus; Fraxinus. 



Genus LECANOCHITON Mask. Type, metrosideri. 



Lecanochiton Mask., N. Z. Trans., xiv, p. 222 (1881); Ins. Nox. Agr. N. Z., p. 

 67 (1SS7): CklL, Can. Ent., xxxi, p. 332 (1899). 



728. Lecanochiton metrosideri Mask. 



Lecanochiton metrosideri Mask., N. Z. Trans., xiv, p. 222 (1881); 



" xvi, p. 129 (1883). 

 Ins. Nox. Agr. N. Z., p. 64 (1887). 

 Habitat. — New Zealand. 

 On Metrosideros robusta ; M. tomentosa. 



729. Lecanochiton minor Mask. 



Lecanochiton minor Mask.,N. Z. Trans., xxiii, p. 12 (1S90). 

 Habitat. — New Zealand. 

 On Metrosideros robusta. 



Genus CEROPLASTES Gray. Type, janeirensis. 



Ceroplastes Gray, Spicilegia Zoologica, p. 7, pi. 3, figs. 6-7 (1830): Sign., 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., (5), ii, p. 35 (1872): Comst., Rep. U. S.Dep.Ag.,i88o,p. 

 330 (1881): Mask., N. Z. Trans., xxv, p. 214 (1892): Ckll., Can. Ent., 

 xxxi, p. 332 (1899): Hemp., Rev. Mus. Paul., iv, p. 450 (1900). 



Columnea Targ., Studii sul. Cocc, p. 11 (1S67); Catalogue, p. 35 (1S69); 

 Coccin. deg. Agrumi in Ital., p. 12 (1891). 



730. Ceroplastes actiniformis Green. 



Ceroplastes actiniformis Green, Ind. Mus. Notes, iv, p. 8 (1896). 

 Habitat. — Ceylon. 

 On cocoanutpalm. 



