97 



[9079] 



a. Upper = Baeica filiformis, 0. B. Clarke. 



b. Lower = BAEICA Griffithii, C. B. Clarke. 

 (This sheet was found without Walliehian number or 



label. I have placed it under 9079 because the dupli- 

 cate sheets of that number at Kew contain Baeica 

 filiformis and B. Griffithii.) 



[9080]. Epithema ?. Number wholly missing in the Walliehian 



Herbarium. The duplicate sheet of n. 9080 at Kew 



Epithema carnosum, Benth. 



XXI.-ADDITIONS TO THE WILD FAUNA AND FLORA 

 OF THE ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS, KEW: IL 



The appearance of "The Wild Fauna and Flora of the Royal 

 Botanic Gardens, Kew/' which was referred to in the Bulletin for 

 1906, p. 42, has been followed by the receipt of numerous letters, 

 some of them critical as to matters of detail, but all of them in 

 accord as to the debt of gratitude due to Sir W. T. Thiselton-Dyer 

 for the happy thought which inspired and the perseverance which, 

 in spite of many difficulties, brought to a successful issue the 

 preparation of the work. It is particularly gratifying to be able 

 to add that neither those whose allusions are merely appreciative 

 nor those whose remarks take the form of welcome, because 

 justifiable, criticism have shown any desire to rest content with 

 mere comment. To some the work bids fair to prove an inspiration 

 to prepare for other localities a corresponding record ; to others, ' 

 and this more immediately concerns us, it has suggested the idea 

 that the way in which they can most practically show their 

 appreciation of what has already been done is to endeavour to 

 supplement it. Simultaneously with the appearance of the work 

 itself, the first addition to the wild fauna and flora of Kew 

 appeared in the Bulletin (New and Additional Species of Fungi 

 occurring in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew : K. B., 1906, p. 46), 

 and it is proposed to place on record from time to time the results 

 obtained by the willing workers who are engaged in the study of 

 the various natural groups dealt with in the original work. The 

 present note, which deals with the Coccids or Scale Insects, is 

 therefore the second of a series of supplementary articles, the 

 contents of which may, it is hoped, at a later date be incorporated 

 in a revised edition of the original work. 



HEMIPTERA-HOMOPTERA 



COCCIDAE (Scale Insects). 



R. Newstead. 



This supplementary list of the Coccids includes but a single 

 species that is new to the Kew fauna, but the list of food plants 

 has been considerably augmented, and from this point of view 



