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equal to tlic 4th and 5th ; 2iid shortest, with one long hair ; 3rd longest, with two 

 long hairs ; 4th and 5th equal, the 4th with one long hair on the under- and one on 

 the upper-side, 5th with one very long hair ; 6th nearly as long as the 4th and 5th, 

 with two long and three or four shorter haii's, the longest arising from the middle of 

 the joint. Tibiee and tarsi of nearly equal length, the former with several hairs, the 

 latter with two long ones. Anal cleft deep. The larvse, which appear a month 

 later than L.fuscum, are larger than those of any other species of Lecanium that I 

 have examined." — (R. N.). 



In the third week of June in the years 1887, 1888 unci 1889, Mr. 

 G. C. Bignell, of Stonehouse, Devon, sent on each occasion a single 

 example of this very remarkable scale, they being all he could find on 

 an oak (Quercus rohur) in his locality, and as they had some resem- 

 blance to lleaumur's fig. 8, pi. G {PuJvinaria Innatus, Gmel., Sign.), it 

 seemed possible that they might be that species before the develop- 

 ment of the ovisac represented in the figure, and so I have waited for 

 more examples. This year I requested Mr. Newstead to look for such 

 scales, and on July 2Gth he obtained several on oaks in Delamere 

 Forest, some of them having eggs within them, proving that they 

 were not Pulvinaria, which has an external ovisac. The species does 

 not appear to have been described or figured by Eeaumur, Planchon, 

 Signoret, or any other author. Unlike L. fuscum, which is found 

 among the buds at the ends of the last year's shoots of oaks, this was 

 seen by Mr. Newstead only on branches four or five years old, and far 

 from their termination. 



I am greatly indebted to Mr. Newstead for searching for this 

 species, and also for the notes of his observations and the excellent 

 figures reproduced on the plate. 



153, Lewisham Eoad, S.E. : 

 October, 1890. 



ON THE NEW AUSTRALIAN VINE PEST. 

 BY E. BEEGROTH, M.D. 



The Australian newspapers of 1S90 have contained many accounts 

 of the occurrence in immense multitudes of a Hemipterous insect 

 injurious to the vineyards and orchards in New South Wales and 

 Victoria. The government entomologist of N. S. W., Mr. French, 

 has found a mixture of strong benzole to be the best remedy against 

 it. At the Meeting of the Linnean Society of N. S. "W. on February 

 26th, 1890, Mr. Fred. A. A. Skuse, the well known Dipterist, exhibited 

 specimens of the insect, stating that it belonged to the family Capsidce, 

 and was related to the American Chinch bug. In a recent number of 



