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made by the jDarties to "whom the insects were sent. It is made partly 

 upon the results of my own examination and parth' upon those of my 

 assistant, Mr. E. L. Dickerson. Nevertheless I have not given up 

 hopes of securing some better results even yet. 



During the summer of 1904 j\Ir. "Wilmon Xewell, State entomologist 

 of Georgia, was good enough to give me a week of his time and to 

 guide me through those sections of Georgia where in 1902 this cocci- 

 nellid had occurred in enormous numbers. As to the status of affairs 

 in Georgia, Mr. Newell is the only one competent to speak ; but I may 

 say that after a pretty thorough collecting over the various communi- 

 ties where the beetles had been most abundant I succeeded in getting 

 a sufficient quantity to start a new colony in New Jersej^ Mr. Newell 

 Avas good enough to divide with me in order to give New Jersey an 

 even start with Georgia on the new deal. This time all the specimens 

 that were obtained were placed in one orchard, not far from New 

 Brunswick, and this comes about as near to being an ideal place for 

 insects of this kind as could well l)e imagined. The orchard consists 

 of ai^ple, peach, jDear, and plum trees, several hundred trees in all. 

 Almost every tree is scaly and some trees are dying. Nothing lias 

 been tlone to destroy the scales, and as the estate is in chancery it is 

 very certain that nothing will be done during the current v.'inter. 

 There is plenty of rubbish to serve as hiding places, also plenty of 

 loose bark. Scales occur in abundance, and although Pent ilia inisella 

 Lee. occurs on these trees by the thousands, it has not succeeded in 

 making any impression upon the scales. All the specimens were 

 introduced during the latter part of Juh\ The orchard was visited 

 from time to time and at all times some specimens were seen feeding 

 upon the scales; and in the latter part of the season larvw and pupie 

 were found, indicating that the insects had made themselves at home, 

 to some extent at least. A small number that were kept in the labora- 

 tory and plentifully supplied with food laid eggs in small nuuibers. 

 Such larva^ as hatched from these eggs were taken into the orchard to 

 give them normal wiuter conditions. I can not say that I hope for 

 very nnich as the result of this last experiment; nevertheless there is 

 a chance that something Avill be seen of the insects next year, and if 

 they do breed they will have an o]:>portunity to do so under the best 

 possi])le surroundings. 



Some time before 1900 a mantid, Paratenodera sinensis Sauss., intro- 

 duced from China had established itself in the vicinity of Philadel- 

 ))hia and had been doing well, hundreds of Qgg nuisses being seen 

 during the winter, while the insects themselves were not at all uncom- 

 mon during the summer. Mr. Philip Laurent recorded the presence 

 of this insect and figu.red it in Entomological News. 



During the winter of 1900-1901 I secured through Mr. Laurent a 

 small lot of specimens, altogether about 100, which I distributed 



