2(5G [Dcecml)er, 



Nynipli similar to adult; distinguishable by its smaller size and 7-joiuted 

 antennae. 



Larva with 6-jointed antennae; spines confined to the three terminal 

 segments of the body. 



On Beech {Fagns sylvatica) ; Camberley. 



Old females, -with fully formed ovisacs, were first observed in 

 Aui^ust 1916, in crevices on the underside of stout branches of the 

 tree. The ovisac is white and very conspicuous, closely resembling that 

 of Phenacoccus aceris, though seldom quite so large as that species. 



In December, young larvae were found to have migrated to the ends 

 of the branches, where they had gone into winter quarters beneath the 

 imbricating scales of the leaf-buds. Early in April of the following 

 year, both larvae and small nymphs were occupying the same positions. 

 During the next few Aveeks growth is rapid, for — by the end of Maj- — 

 fully grown njanphs and yovmg adults were present in the angles of 

 the smaller twigs and under the loose bud-scales that still adhered to the 

 bases of the new shoots. The return migration to the larger branches 

 takes place in June, by the end of which month fresh ovisacs were to be 

 observed. 



Larvae, presumably of the same species, have been found by Mr. E. 

 G. Joseph, in unopened leaf-buds of Beech, at C^hartridge, Bucks. 



The new species is dedicated to Professor Kobert Newstead, whose 

 name is so deservedly identified with the Coccidae of the British Isles. 



Aspidiotus lataniae Sign. 



I have in my collection examples oiAsp. lataniae^ taken on Dracaena 

 (under glass) at Tooting, in 1899. This species has, apparently, not yet 

 been recorded from the British Isles. Newstead has not included the 

 name in his "Monograph of the British Coccidae." But I am inclined 

 to believe that his A. spinoaus {loc. cit. vol. i, p. 114) is really referable 

 to lataniae. I fortunately possess preparations from the type material 

 of Signoret's species {ex V^ienna Museum), and I find that the " huge 

 marginal spines" mentioned by Newstead, are equally well develo2)ed in 

 the tj^pe of lataniae. 



Lepidosaphes rjlovcri Pack. 



This species has not hitherto figured in the British lists, though 

 examples are not infrequent on the rind of imported oranges. It may be 

 distinguished from citricola (which occurs still more frequently on im- 

 ported Citrus fruits) by the narrow, straight, parallel-sided scale of the 

 adult female. 



