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Mr. E. E. Green t'ouiid cxtiuiplcs of this iuteivsLiug species at 

 Woi'cester Park, Surrey, June, 1899, on Ixora coccinea. It ia new to 

 the list of Coccids found in this counti'y. 



Mytil-ISPIs pomorum, Bouche, var. candidus, n. vnr. 



Pupariuin of adult ? snow-white, very elongate, and of uniform width 

 throughout, and convex ; texture much less horny than typical puparia. 



This variety shows the most remarkable deviation from the type 

 I have yet seen. It was discovered by Mr. E. E. Green, at Halfway 

 Bridge, Petworth, Sussex, September 1st, 1899. He says : " I enclose 

 a single specimen of a Mytilaspis, with a snowy-white scale, which I 

 found a few days ago on hawthorn here. Do you think it is a distinct 

 species, or only a var. of M. lyomorum ? Irrespective of the colour, 

 the texture of the scale appears to me rather different." The $ 

 agrees in every detail with typical M. pomorum. 



DiASPis CARUELi, Targ. Tozz. 

 I have this species, new to Britain, from the Royal Gardens, 

 Kew, on Juniperus virqiniana, March, 1898. It is highly probable 

 that it is indigenous to this country, as it occurred upon a home-raised 

 plant, which was very badly infested. 



FlORINIA KEWENSIS, n. Sp. 

 Pupariuin of adult $ elongate, and much narrowed at the anal extremity ; 

 composed externally of a closely felted white material. The removal of the felted 

 secretionary covering reveals the highly chitinized exuvife of the second stage ? , 

 which is usually of a pale castaneous coloui*. Larval exuvise at cephalic extremity, 

 yellow or yellowish-brown. Long., '75 — 1 mm. 



Pygidium of second stage ? (fig. 4.) with an ovate valve, which affords a 



means of escape for the imprisoned 

 larvse. 



Adult ? elongate, much smal- 

 ler than the insect of the previous 

 stage, and completely enclosed 

 within the moulded skin of the 

 latter. Rudimentary antennae with 

 3 long spiny liairs. Spii'acles en- 

 circled by parastigmatic glands. 

 Pygidium (fig. 3), without grouped 

 glands, furnished with about 8 

 long spiny hairs at the margins, 

 and 4 — 6 others on the dorsal area. 

 Anal opening central. 



Long., "50— '70 mm. 



