75 
ago, taken on an imported palm in a London sale-room, but the 
insect must have been established at Kew for some considerable 
time, though unnoticed hitherto. It may be readily recognised 
by its distinct ao owe and by the compact conical waxy 
processes on the dor 
11. Diaspis Se, Bouche. 
On Cereus sp 
12. Hemichionaspis rsh Sign. 
On Polypodium aureu 
13. Aspidiotus ficus, Asim. 
Pandanus 
14. Aspidiotus hederae, Vallot. 
On Euphorbia, sp. and Asparagus falcatus. 
15. Ischnaspis filiformis, ih 
Abundant on various palms 
16. Lepidosaphes sp. nov. (to be described elsewhere). 
On Nephrodium s 
Other records of Coccidae collected at Kew are to be found in 
Newstead’s ‘‘ Monograph of British Coccidae’’ and, at rare 
intervals, in the pages of the ‘‘ Entomologist’s Monthly Maga- 
zine.” It may be useful to bring together all these records 
(42 in all, exclusive of indigencus open-air species) in the follow- 
ing list of species that are known to have occurred in the plant 
houses of the Royal Botanic Gardens. 
Icerya aegyptiaca. 
Orthezia insignis 
Asterolecanium bambusae. 
Coccus tomentosus. 
Gymnococcus — 
Ripersia filicico 
Pseudococcus ies longispinus, nipae. 
Vinsonia stellifera 
Pulvinaria Aoécijera: 
Lecanium hemisphaericu nigrum, nigrum-depressum,* 
oleae, erate sian neal ist Sg longulum, tessellatum (= 
atum). 
Pinnas s burt (= panda ni). 
Hemic tonaspis aspidistrae. 
Diaspis siivsiebiey ©; echinocactt ES calyptroides), carueli, 
v 3 
Aspidiotus ficus, hederae, personatus, spinosus, dictyospermi, 
cyanophylli, perseae, aloes (probably wrongly determined). 
ymnaspis aechmeae. 
Parlatoria pergandei-crotonis. 
torinia kewensis. 
* (Additions to the list published in the “ Wild Fauna and Flora of the 
R.B.G., Kew ”) of the e Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Kew Bull. Add. Series V., 
1906, and Additions thereto in K.B., 1907, p. 97, Me K.B., 1908, p, 124. 
