146 A MANUAL OF DANGEEOUS INSECTS. 



Coccidae— Coni inuefl. 

 Armored— Continued. 

 A.ipidiotus ( Morganclla) maskelli Cockcrell; Hawaii, Mauritius, Brazil: soale of female about 1 mm. in 



diamelcr, pitch black exuviaconcolorous and to one side. 

 :^: Aspidiotus {Pseudannidia) articulatus Morgan; British West Indies. (See Coffee.) 

 Aspidiotus (Pseudaonidia) clavigera Cockerell; Hawaii. (See Citrus.) 

 Aspidiotus (Pseudaonidia) trilobitiformis Green; German East Africa, Java. (See Citrus.) (See text 



fig. 32.) 

 Aspidiotus (Pseudischnaspis) longissima Cockerell; Mexico; scale of female 2.5 mm. long by 0.6G mm. 



broad, black marked with brown, ventral scale thin, white, exuvia to one side. 

 Aulacaspis cinnamomi Newstead; Java, Ceylon; scale of adult female 1.25 mm. long, 1.7.5 mm. broad 



circular, flat, thin, opaque, white. 

 Chionaspis vitis Green; India; scale of adult female 2.5 mm. long, 2.5 mm. wide, white, thin, transparent . 

 ■^ Leucaspis indica Marlatt; has been imported from India and is now established in certain sections of 



Florida. Scale of female white, elongate narrow, convex, flattened at tip; adult inclosed within 



swollen strongly chitinized second stages. (See plate I, fig. 1.) 

 ^ Parlatoria pseudaspidiotus Newstead; has been found on mangos imported from India, also reported 



from Singapore. Scale of female 1.5 mm. long, 1.25 mm. broad, dark brown, usually with slight 



apical extension. 

 Chionaspis (Phenacaspis) dilatata Green; Ceylon; scale of female 2 mm. in length, 1.5 mm. in breadth, 



snow white, opaque, with irregular raised lines on dorsal surface. 

 Chionapsis eugenix Maskell; Orient; scale of female 2.5 mm. long, white, elongate pyriform and flat. 

 Chionaspis (Phenacaspis) natalensis Coc'keTell; Natal; scaleof female pjTiform, about 3 mm. long, white 



with exuviae pale orange brown, scale of male feebly tricarinate. 

 Unarmored — 

 Ceroplastes rubens Maskell; Australia, Hawaii, Japan. (See Avocado.) 

 Ceroplastes vinsonii Signoret; Mauritius; female covered with wax and resembles C. rusci. 

 Coccus acuminatus Signoret; Hawaii, Ceylon; adult female 3-3.25 mm. in length, flat pale green, acumi- 

 nate at cephalic extremity and broadly rounded posteriorly. 

 Coccus acutissimus Green; Ceylon; adult female 5-0 mm. long, 1-1.5 mm. broad, long and narrow; 



acutely pointed at each end; color v^ying from creamy white to deep chocolate brown in older 



specimens. 

 :4c Coccus mangiferx Green; West Indies, Ceylon; adult female 3-4 mm. in length, 2.5-3.5 mm. in breadth 



deltoid, pale yellowish green. Has been introduced into Florida and gives promise of being a serious 



pest. 

 Geococcus radicum Green; Ceylon, Hawaii; liable to be introduced on roots. Adult female inclosed in 



a brittle white sac, broadly fusiform, narrow at both extremities; antennae 6-jointed. 

 Icerya minor Green; Bengal; adult female 4-6 mm. in length, yellow, with 22 or 23 waxy patches around 



body and a dorsal patch of about 16. 

 Icerya seychellarum Westwood; Seychelles. (See Citrus.) 

 Phenacoccas iceryoidcs Green; India, Philippines; adult female usually to be found at anterior extremity 



of a globose ovisac, margin with conspicuous fringe of white waxy tissues. 

 Phenacoccus mangiferx Green; Ceylon, India; female pale yellow, dorsal area covered with white mealy 



powder, with stout white processes on margin. 

 Pulvinaria ficus Hempel; Brazil. 

 Pulvinaria mainmese, Maskell; Hawaii; adult female reddish brown covered with thiu grayish meal, 



ovisac large, snow white, forming a mass of loose cotton. 

 Saissetia psidii Green; Ceylon; adult female bright red to deep brown, length 2.5-3.75 mm. 

 Saissetia punclilifera Green; Ceylon; adult female 3-3.75 mm. long, 2-2.5 mm. broad, irregularly oval, 



narrowed in front, varying from reddish green to reddish ochreous. 

 Vinsonia stellifera Westwood; Ceylon. (See Coffee.) 



THYSANOPTERA. 



^Heliothrips ruhrocinctus Giard; West Indies, Ceylon, Uganda, Florida. (See Fruit.) 



COLEOPTERA. 

 Cerambycldae. 



Epepeotes luscus Fabricius; Java; bark borer. 



Batocera titana Thomson; India; bores in sapwood. (See text fig. 74.) 



B rachy rhlnldae . 



Diaprepes abbrcviatus Linnaeus; West Indies. (See Sugar cane.) 



Curculionidie. 



Cytorhynchus frigidus Fahiicius; India; breeds in fruit. 



LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Notodontidse. 



Stauropus alternus Walker; India, Ceylon, Java; defoliator. 



