﻿298 POMONA COLLEGE JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY 



In the Entomological News, Vol. xiii, No. 8, p. 257 (1902), Mr. Geo. B. 

 King makes the following interesting statements regarding this matter: "Again 

 take the common mealy bug (so-called) of our greenhouse, Dactyloj^iits citri 

 (now Pseudococcus citri). Prof. Comstock described the antennae and says 

 joint 8 is longest, twice as long as 3, 2 and 7 equal, 5 and 6 equal, and 4 

 shortest. I have tried my eye with the following results : 8 and 3 longest ; 

 3 distinctly shorter than 8 ; 1 and 2 next longest and about equal ; 5 a little 

 longer than 4; 6 and 7 shortest and about equal." 



Figure 115. Female of Pseudococcus citri. 

 A, antenna; B, leg; C, dorsal surface of pygiduim; D, ventral surface. 



