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A New Monophlebine Coccid from Borneo. Many years ago Westwood described 

 a male Monophlebid from the Gulf Coast, West Africa, remarkable for the red costal 

 region of the wings. In 1915 Prof. C. F. Baker sent me an insect of this type from the 

 island of Palawan, in the Philippines. I now have before me a third species, also 

 from Professor Baker, represented by two specimens from Sandakan, Borneo (Baker 

 9615). It may be described as follows: 



Llaveia hcematoptera n. sp. 

 Male similar in nearly all respects to L. sanguinea, from Palawan, but differing 

 thus: (Larger, wings 8 mm. long, expanse 18 mm.; head and thorax warm reddish, 

 without black or piceous ; eyes bright red, not dark ; the six fleshy processes of abdo- 

 men very long, the last about 3 . 5 mm. 



The three species are readily separable as follows: 



Thorax red ; larger species hcematoptera Ckll 



Thorax at least mainly black or piceous above ; smaller species 1 



1 . Caudal tassels not half width of abdomen raddoni (Westwood) 



Caudal tassels much over half width of abdomen sanguinea CklL 



T. D. A. COCKERELL, 



University of Colorado. 



The San Jose Scale in the Argentine Republic. Mr. Juan Brethes of Buenos 

 Aires sends me a Coccid, remarking that it is certainly new to the Argentine RepubUc, 

 but doubtless known from elsewhere. It is indeed, for it is Aspidiotus perniciosus 

 Comstock. I have written urging that measures to taken to eradicate it, if it is not 

 too late. T. D. A. Cockerell. 



Army worm. ( Heliophila unipuncta Haw.) The search this spring for European 

 corn borer larvae, Pyrausta nubilalis Hubn., in portions of New York state, resulted 

 in finding in cornstalks in early April partly grown army worm caterpillars. They 

 were then nearly three fourths of an inch long and although more highly colored and 

 usually rather distinctly striped, presented a somewhat general resemblance to the 

 true corn borer. These caterpillars were found in soft or punky corn stalks, evidently 

 having entered simply for shelter. They were so numerous in sections about Ballston 

 that seven or eight of these larvae were frequently found to one or two of the true 

 corn borer. It was this insect and not the corn borer which was found at Schuyler- 

 ville, Saratoga County. The identity of these young army worm larvae was not 

 ( fully established until early in May at which time more characteristically colored, 

 half grown caterpillars were found in similar situations. 



The above record in relation to army worms is entirely new for New York state 

 and is of particular interest in view of the statements published by Mr. Vickeryi 

 relative to the tropical or subtropical origin of this species and his behef that it was 

 problematical if it would survive a mild winter as far north on the Atlantic coast as 

 the city of Washington. It is true that the past winter has been exceptionally mild 

 and this may be the reason why the species lived through in the vicinity of Saratoga, 

 though it should be remembered that corn fields in New York state have never been 

 examined so carefully as during the past few months and this latter may be the real 

 reason why the larvae were found. It is certain that the army worm occurs annually 

 here and there in the state and this fact, taken in connection with its known survival 

 of the winter of 1918-1919, leads us to believe that it may withstand the rigors of 

 our climate more successfully than is suggested in the above cited article. 

 ^ E. P. Felt. 



1 Journal Economic Entomology, 8 : 390, 1915. 



