1917.] 201 



This species is known from Britain, Germany, Austria, France, 

 Ital}'", and North America, whilst the true Aylax (jlecliomae (Linn.) is 

 only known from Sweden and Germany. 



Aylax minor Htg. and J. graminis Cam. 



Both these names are instated as good species. Regarded by 

 Cameron as forms of A. fapaveris and A. hieracii respectively. 



Peushaw Lodge, 



Penshaw, Co. Durham. 

 Auffust 1th, 1917. 



OBSERVATIONS ON BRITISH COCCIDAE ; WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF 



NEW SPECIES. 



BY E. EENEST GREEN, E.Z.S., F.E.S. 



No. III. 



The following notes are strictly in continuation of my two previous 

 papers, published in this Magazine (under slightly different titles) in 

 May-June 1915 and Feb. 1910. 



Lecanium hituherculatum Targ. 



This species was observed, on the 26th March, occvirring abundantly 

 on a small section of Hawthorn hedge, in the town of Camberley. White 

 scars showed where many of the insects had been picked off by birds. 



Lecanium capreae L. 



Dr. Imms has sent me an examjile of capreae, taken upon Myrica 

 f/ale, at Pwllheli, Carnarvon. I have also received the same insect on 

 the common evergreen laurel {Cerastes laurocerasus), from Woking, 

 where it was found by Mrs. H. D. Tajdor. Both these plants 

 constitute new records for the species. 



Lecanium nigrum var. depressum Targ. 



A Lecanium, answering closely to the description of depressum, was 

 observed in the Palm House of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in 

 December of last year (1916). It was especially abundant on the under- 

 surface of the fronds of a sj^ecies of Musa, and occurred more sparingly 

 on Chrysophylhim, Malacantha, and Ficus spp. Though the structural 



