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and most cephalad lateral bristles (a pair on each side) of the pygidial 

 area are much larger than those figured by Comstock for safia/is, being 

 long enough to reach the level of the hind end of the insect. Circum- 

 genital glands: caudolaterals, lo to 13; mediolaterals, 7 to 8; cephalo- 

 laterals 5 to 6. Scales as in sa/nx/is. This is the second coccid re- 

 corded from Guadalupe I., the other being Aspidistus rapax Comst. 

 (Howard, Yearbook Dept. Agric. for 1894, p. 262). No coccid is 

 yet known from the mainland of Lower California. 



Howardia biclavis {Comsf.) and Aspidistus personatus 



Comst. — Both species on the skin of an orange from Colima, Mexico, 

 found by Mr. Craw in the course of his horticultural quarantine work at 

 San Francisco. I was surprised to see personatus on an orange; there was 

 only one scale, but it was unmistakable. I had never seen biclavis on 

 the fruit before; it commonly occurs on the bark. 



ChionaspisfurfurusTv/r/^ — Hurley, S. Dakota, " rapidly spread- 

 ing over certain varieties " of apple trees. Coll. Laura A. Alderman. 



Pseudoparlatoria parlatorioides ( Gw/j^/. ).— Guanajuato, Mexico, 

 in quantity on peach. Coll. Dr. Jesus Aleman. The food-plant is 

 new, and quite surprising. The specimens represent a slight variety, 

 with the median lobes broad and low, and five groups of circumgen- 

 ital glands; median of 2, cephalolaterals 11, caudolaterals 9 to 10. 



Parlatoria these var. viridis Ckll. — On stems of '' Ilex pedun- 

 culafa''' (no doubt Ilex pediaicu/osa ^i\(\). from Japan, quarantined 

 by Mr. Craw at San Francisco. The 9 has a curious purple color, 

 except the mouth parts and lobes, which are yellowish-brown. The 

 purple turns to green directly the KHO touches it. 



Palatoria proteus var. crotonis {Ckll.). — On Croton.,! presume 

 under glass, Columbus, Ohio, March, 1896. Coll. Bogue. New to 

 the U. S. 



Aspidistus forbesi W. G. Johns. — On peach, Auburn, Ala- 

 bama, Coll. Baker. On Fn/nus, Lake City, Florida, Coll. Quaint- 

 ance. On Acer pseudoplatanus, Reading, Mass., Feb. 24, 1898, a 

 form with paler and rather larger scales. Coll. Kirkland, Com. 

 Cooley. This species is evidently widely distributed. 



Aspidistus tenebricosus Co/nsl. — In quantity on bark of apple, 

 Auburn, Alabama, Coll. Baker. A new locality and food-plant. 



