﻿NOTES ON CALIFORNIA COCCID/E V 221 



Due to its habits of life, the hoiHes are very fiat to admit tlieiii l)et\vceii 

 the close fitting blades and the culm. Here the eggs are usually laid in oblong 

 masses, beneath the female. 



The first specimens were taken in Jul}', U'Oy, when they appeared to lie 

 quite plentiful. Last month (March, l')10) they were still to be found, fnit 

 only in limited numbers — however, all stages were present. i\ search made 

 on other plants and on the roots of the Wild Rye revealed none. 



A small lady bird beetle was found feeding upon it in consideral.ile numbers 

 at first, but later search revealed none of these for identification. 



It seemed at first likely that this species was Ril^crsia fcsliicac Kuw., but 

 there are plenty of characters different enough to make it a new species. It is 

 named in honor of Mr. V. E. Smith, who was probably the first to discover it 

 and to whom I am nnich indebted for this and other good things. 



Figure 95. Lichtensia parvula. 



Lichteusia parvula (Ckll) 



Adi'LT Female (Fig. 94 C) — This scale resembles greatly the genus I'lil- 

 vinaria, as the photograph shows. The general color is the same, the bod_\- 

 being dark and the long cottony egg-sac, white. The length of the entire 

 Scale varies from 10 mm. to 14 mm. 



Body Proper (Fig. 95)— About one-third the length of the .scale. Tiie 

 color is dark brown. Shape — olilong to oval. A row of short spines extends 

 entirely around the lateral margins of the insect. 



