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Formerly tbe uplauds timber was chiefly beech, of which fine 

 examples may still be seen in the larger but diminishing woods. The 

 new woods of the last half century being chiefly larch and fir, give a 

 new character to the landscape of our hills, while many slopes and 

 rich pastures of the lower lands exhibit portions timbered with elm, 

 ash, chestnut, poplar, alder, willow, &c., with a sprinkling of the once 

 famous oaks, and the varied bushes of the hedgerows and thickets. 

 Mr. Newstead has kindly favoured me with a List of the Coccids found 

 by him of late years in his brief, flying visits to the scenes of his early 

 days-and almost the commencement of his natural history observa- 

 tions-on the Cotteswolds. To this List I have added those species 

 observed or bred by myself in very limited time devoted to other 

 groups of our insect fauna— hence a somewhat restricted List, but 

 still showing several forms of economic importance, and indicating the 

 probable presence of many other species to observers with the neces- 

 sary time. 



For students of our British Coccids the work of reference is Mr. 

 Newstead's invaluable Monograph published by the Eay Society— a 

 labour of love-to which I am deeply indebted for exhaustive infor- 

 mation and guidance. 



Specimens of all the species enumerated have been examined by 

 Mr. Newstead ; those bearing his initials are from his records. My 

 own captures bear the initials C. J. W. 



Aspidiotus zonatus, Frauenf., ? on oak, near Birdlip (R. N.) ; 3 on oak, near 



Stroud (C. J. W.). 



Diaspis (AulacaspisJ rosai, Bouche, on wild rose stems, very local, Birdhp and 



Witcombe (R. N.). 



Chionaspis sallcis, Linn., <? ? on willow, ash and alder, common, Birdhp, &c. 



(R. N.) ; on alder, Painswick (C. J. W.). 



MyUlaspi, pomorum, Bouche, ? on apple and cotoneaster (R. N.) ; ? common 

 on pear (C. J. W.), no ^ puparia seen. 



Signoretia luzula^, L. Duf., very sparingly in the Witcombe and Cranham woods 



CR. N.). 



Lichtensia viburni, Signoret, <? ? on ivy, Painswick, July 25th, 1900 (R. N.) ; 

 very common on ivy near Stroud ; bred all the sexes and parasitic Chalcidid (C.J.W.) . 



Eriopeltisfestuc^, Fonsc, ? sacs on grass, 1900 (R. N.) ; ? sacs on grass near 

 Painswick, 188i, &c., from which bred Dipterous, Hymenopterous and other para- 

 sites (C. J. W.). 



Lecanium caprew, Linn., all stages common on hawthorn (R. N.) ; common on 



hawthorn, pear and plum, but scarce on cherry, at Painswick (C. J. W.). L.persic<B 



v^v.sarothamni,-Doug\as {=L. ribis,Geof.), ? on cotoneaster and gooseberry (R. N.) ; 

 on cotoneaster, a fine tree of which it nearly destroyed at Pitchcombe, near Stroud 

 (C. J. W.). L. hesperidum, Linn., ? on ferns under glass (R. N.) 5 on elkhorn 



