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tjune igoo. 



creniikite on outer side; moie piodiiceci sec- 

 ond lobes, also crenulate; longer spines, etc. 



6. Aspidiotuslatniiiae S\%n. — On a cocoa- 

 nnt palm from Central America. The living 

 $ is bright lemon yellow; the second and 

 third lobes are represented by little spear- 

 head shaped lobtiles, as Green figures in 

 A. camelliac. 



7. Sfatheaspis secre/a (Ckll.) — Japan, 

 on bamboo. The living 5 is pale pinkish 

 lilac, with the caudal parts brown; caustic 

 potasli turns the $ bright apple green. Eggs 

 pale lilac. 



8. Spatheaspis bambusarum (Ckll.). — 

 Japan, on bamboo. I am willing to recog- 

 nize Spatbcaspis (or Oclonaspis) as a valid 

 genus, and Fioggaltiella Leonard! (type 

 Spai/ieaspis inusiia/a) as a good subgenus 

 of it; but it seems to me that Anoplaspis 

 Leonard! (type S. bambusarum') is scarcely 

 to be separated from Froggattiella. 



9. Chrysomphalus scuiifortnis (Ckll.). — 

 On leaves of cocoanut palm from Central 

 America. 



Some mating notes. — In the summer of 

 1S99 several larvae of D. rubicunda were 

 brought me. They were nearly full fed and 

 soon pupated. On Aug. 3rd a $ moth 



emerged and began ovipositing before her 

 wings were fully developed, and before 3 p.m. 



The next day two males emerged in the 

 same cage, and one must have mated with 

 the female, although I did not see them in 

 coition. 



The sixty eggs laid before the males 

 emerged remained unchanged, while those 

 laid later became orange, then greenish, 

 then almost colorless, and hatched on Aug- 

 ust 20th. 



This is the first instance I have had of a 

 9 motli's mating after ovipositing had 

 begun. 



On April loth, 1900, a $ A. cecropia 

 emerged in one of my cages. Next day a 

 $ and a second $ emerged, and after mid- 

 night the 9 and the first $ mated. The 

 following night the $ laid 31 eggs. On the 

 next night she laid 64 eggs, on the next 48 

 eggs, and on this^night she mated with the 

 second male, remaining in coition from a 

 little after midnight until 6.15 p. ra. 



On this night she laid 73 eggs, and con- 

 tinued ovipositing for two nights, laving 

 269 eggs in all, then died next day. The 

 two males died on the day following their 

 mating. Caroline G. Soiilc. 



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