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Peculiar to Mexico. Very near to C. psidii, Chav. which occurs 

 in Brazil. 



Ceroplastes cirripediformis Comst. (?) San Rafael (Vera 

 Cruz). On Castilloa elastica (rubber tree), March 6, 1896.* Coll. 



Towns. 



Known elsewhere in Jamaica, Florida. 



Ceroplastes floridensis Comst. Balantam (Yucatan). On 

 Fiats sp., May 10, 1896. Coll. Towns. 



Known elsewhere in Florida, Louisiana, Jamaica, Barbadoes. 



Ceroplastes mexicanus Ckll. {a) Guaymas (Sonora). On 

 Tecoma stans, Sept. 24, 1894. Coll. Towns. (U) San Luis Potosi 

 (S. L. P.). On Tecoma stans, Oct. 12, 1894. Coll. Towns. {c) 

 TehuantepecCity (Oaxaca). On Ficns sp.. May 26, 1896. Coll. Towns. 



Peculiar to Mexico. 



Ceroplastes ceriferus Anders. Cuantla (Morelos). On Malva- 

 viscus arbor ens, Oct. 7, 1894. Coll. Towns. 



Known elsewhere in India, Japan, Australia, Antigua, probably 

 Brazil. This determination was made by Professor Cockerell, who then 

 considered the following species to be identical with ceriferns. It may, 

 therefore, be the same form as the following, which was determined by 

 Mr. Pergande, who holds the two to be distinct. 



Ceroplastes dugesii Towns. (?) {a) San Rafael (Vera Cruz). On 

 large tree with red bark, called " chaco'' and '' palo muiato,'' Feb. 29, 

 1896. Coll. Towns. (^) Guanajuato (Guan.). On Malvaviscus 

 arboreus and M. acerifolius. Coll. Duges. 

 Peculiar to Mexico. 



Lecanium hemisphaericum Targ. Laguna, on Carmen 

 Island (Campeche). On caprifoliaceous shrub (?), April 24, 1896. 



Coll. Towns. 



Known elsewhere in Jamaica, Trinidad, Antigua, Montserrat, 

 Pennsylvania, California, New Zealand, Australia, Europe. 



Lecanium hesperidum Linn, (a) Tampico (Tamaulipas). On 

 orange, Oct. 14, 1894. Coll. Towns. {V) San Luis Potosi (S. L. P.). 

 On lime, Oct. 12, 1894. Coll. Towns. (0 Monterey (Nuevo Leon). 

 On avocado pear, Oct. 17, 1894. Coll. Towns. (^) Chihuahua 

 (Chih.). On orange in sheltered patios, Oct. 19, 1894. Coll. Towns. 



* I think this is a mistake made at the Dept. If I am not mistaken, I took this 

 on avocado pear. — C. H. T. T. 



