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11. Kermes ceriferusYAw'Sx. 1S99. $ scale 

 globular 4 to 4! mm. in diameter. Color 

 brown, shinj, dotted with black spots and 

 coated with a dirty white wax. Larva red- 

 dish. Antennae 6 jointed, 3 and 5 about 

 equal, I and 2 equal, 4 and 5 equal. For- 

 mula (63) (12) (45). Hab. —Walnut Creek 

 Canyon near Flagstaff, Arizona, on ^iierciis 

 Sp. " 



Bibl. — Can. F,nt. vol. 31, 1899, p. 5. 

 Psyche, vol. 9, 1900, p. 44. 



12. Keimes peititi Ehrh. 1S99. ? scale 

 globular, 4 mm. long, 4 broad, 3J high. 

 Color french yellow with black spots and 

 obscure black specks (visible only with a 

 hand lens, as in galliformis), witli a promi- 

 nent longitudinal constriction. The young 

 larvae are yellow, and resemble structurally 

 those of gallijormis, whose larvae are dark 

 gray. Petiiti scales do not lose their yellow 

 color in the cabinet, as do galliformis ; K. 

 petiiti \i very near lo galliformis, but never- 

 theless it is a valid species. Prof. Cockerell 

 informs me that the material was small and 

 poor from which Mr. Ehrhorn described, and 

 according to one of the t^'pe lot sent me, it 

 seems as though there was another species 

 mixed with his lot of a reddish-brown color, 

 with darker brown spots. I find these in 

 Massachusetts also with K. fettiti, and 

 think this will prove to be a new species 

 when its larva is found. Hab. — Ithaca, 

 N. Y., on ^uerciis Sp. Coll. by Mr. Pettit, 

 1898, at Lawrence, Mass., on J^^iierciis alba 

 and ^. rubra, Sept. 1S97. Coll. by King, 

 also found by Dr. Fletcher in Canada. 



Bibl. — Can. Ent., vol. 31, 1S99, p. 7. 

 Psyche, vol. 9, 1900, p. 22. Psyche, vol. 

 9, 1900, p. 45. 



13. Kerines aiisliiii Ehrh. 1899. ? scale 

 globular, 4.5 mm. broad, 4 long and 4 high, 

 color light brown with several irregular 

 white stripes running parallel with the seg- 

 ments. Young larva pink. Antennae 6 

 jointed, 3 longest then 6; 2 and 5 subequal, 

 I and 4 about equal. Formula 36 (25) (41). 

 Hab. — Guejito Mountains, eight miles east 



of Escondido, San Diego Co., California on 

 .^nerciis oblongi/olia. Coll. by Mr. Austin, 

 1S98. 



Bibl. — Can. Ent. vol. 31, 1S99, p. 104- 

 Psyche, vol. 9, 1900, p. 44. 



14. Kermes andrei King. 1900. ? scale 

 very convex, 5 mm. high and 5 in diameter 

 at its base, surface shining. Color light- 

 brown with three and sometimes four dark 

 brown bands. Hab. — Lawrence, Mass., on 

 ^uercus alba and J^. rubra. Coll. King, 

 Sept. 9, 1899. 



Bibl. — Psyche, vol.9, 1900, p. 22. Psy- 

 che, vol. 9, 1900. p. 44. 



15. Kermes perryi King n. sp. $ scale 

 occurs on the twigs in clusters of 8 to 14. 

 Shape, very globular, small, 3 mm. in diame- 

 ter. Superfically examined, its color appears 

 to be dark gray, dull, not shining, very near 

 the color of the bark upon the twig. Viewed 

 with a hand lens the segmentation is nearly 

 obsolete and indicated by fine black lines, 

 upon a dark yellowish brown surface. Par- 

 allel with the segments are several depressed 

 dots, which are darker than the surface. 

 The entire surface of the scale is covered 

 more or less with a dirty white wax; under 

 a low power of the microscope this appears 

 to be small white granular crystals. Boiled 

 in K. O. H. it turns the liquid dark brown. 

 Dermis by transmitted light colorless, with 

 small round gland-orifices. Rostral loop 

 long, and stout. Antennae short, stout, 108 

 long. Apparently six jointed but the joints 

 are indistinct, joint i is 80 broad, 6 is 20 

 broad, 3 appears to be the longest, the 6 has 

 several short hairs. ? larva (newly hatched) 

 dark yellow, oval, broader in front than 

 behind, not elongate as in some species, 412 

 long, 240 broad at middle pair of legs. An- 

 tennae 6 jointed, joint 3 longest, then 6; i 

 and 5 next and equal 2 and 4 shortest and 

 equal. Formula 36 (15) (24J1 all of the 

 joints have hairs except i and 2 more being 

 upon 5 and 6, three of these are very long. 

 Rostral loop stout, reaching a little beyond 

 last pair of legs. Legs normal. Coxa 24 



