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Journal of Agricultural Research 



Vol. VI, No. 12 



Cockerell on June 7, 1895, who received the material from Mr. Lataste, 

 under the name phalaenoides. 



In a letter to the senior author in January, 1905, Cockerell suggested 

 that Lataste supposed the species to be Blanchard's phalaenoides. Since 

 that time we have shown that phalaenoides Blanchard is a species of 

 Aleurodicus. Table II records the distribution and food plants of the 

 specimens of A . porteri in the collection of the Bureau of Entomology. 



Table II. — Distribution and food plants of A leurothrixus porteri in the collection of 



the Bureau of Entomology 



Date. 



Collector. 



Host. 



Locality. 



Feb. 13, 1894. 

 May 14, 1894. 

 Mar. J4, 1895. 

 Feb. 4, 1896.. 

 Apr. 1, 1899.. 

 Oct., 1904. . . 

 Oct. 25, 1904. 



Jtine 20, 191 2 

 Mar., 1913. . . 

 Jan. 5, 1914.. 



(?) 



Aug. 8, 1915. 



M. Lataste 



do 



do 



Edward Reed. . . 

 D. G. Fairchild. 

 M. J. Rivera. . . . 

 ....do 



Prof. Carlos E. Porter . 



....do 



Popenoe and Dorsett . . 

 Prof. Carlos E. Porter. 

 ....do 



Orange, 

 do. 



(?). 



Orange 



Solanaceous plant 



Orange? 



Schinus dependens Or- 

 tega. 



Schinus molle , 



Orange 



Jaboticaba 



Lippia citriodora Kunth. 

 Myrtus 



4062 . . 

 4063 . . 

 4064. . 

 4065.. 

 351- •■ 

 3214. ■ 

 12022. 



8726. . 



8820.. 

 12004. 

 12024. 

 12062. 



Santiago, Chile. 



Do. 

 Chile. 



Ransagua, Chile. 

 Villa del Mar, Chile. 

 San Bernardo, Chile. 

 Santiago, Chile. 



Chile. 



Santiago, Chile. 

 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 

 Santiago, Chile. 

 Do. 



Of this material, Quaintance No. 351 is chosen for the type. 



Larva, first stage (fig. 3, A). — Size 0.352 by 0.208 mm. Shape elongate elliptical; 

 abdomen with a moderately distinct keel, the caudal extremity of which projects to 

 the vasiform orifice; dorsum armed with foiu- pairs of stout straight spines; margin 

 very minutely serrate and armed on its caudal part with a pair of long curved spines 

 and the remainder of the margin with 11 pairs of minute spines; antennae straight, 

 not quite as thick as the dorsal spines and extending slightly beyond the margin; 

 vasiform orifice almost completely filled by the operculum; color under the micro- 

 scope pale brown. 



Pupa case. — Size 0.88 by 0.502 mm.; shape elliptic, some specimens slightly 

 broader across the thorax than across the abdomen; dorsum somewhat elevated, the 

 abdomen with a distinct keel; incisions between marginal wax tubes shallow; vasi- 

 form orifice (fig. 3, /) small, elevated, operculum filling about half of the orifice and 

 obsciuing the lingula; spines latero-cephalad of the vasiform orifice and those on the 

 caudal margin of case short, stout, and somewhat vasiform (fig. 3, 5); those on the 

 medio dorsum long; other characters very similar to those of A . floccosus. Color vary- 

 ing from yellow to dark brown and with flocculent wax asm A. floccosus. 



Adult male. — Color yellow, eyes dark brown; clasper rather short (fig. 3, C), its 

 spur acute and not armed within with lobes; a few prominent spines present; length 

 0.08 mm.; length of insect from vertex to tip of claspers 0.88 mm.; forewing 1.04 mm. 

 long, without markings, but often uniformly clouded with dusky. 



Adult female. — Similar to male in color; length 1.12 mm.; forewing 1.28 mm. 



The adults in the collection are poorly preserved, and it is impossible to describe 

 them in detail. 



Described from larvae, pupa cases, and adults in balsam mounts and pupa cases 

 upon foliage. 



Type. — Cat. No. 20171, U. S. National Museum. 



