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Neotropical. 
A. (Selenaspidus) articulatus Morg.— 9 scale very flat, grayish-white, appearing orange 
or rufous in the middle, mainly from the insect showing through. The scale 
looks like that of 4. aurantii, but if it is lifted up, the tlat orange 9, witha 
deep constriction between the cephalothorax and the abdomen, is easily seen 
with a hand lens sufficiently for identification. It occurs on the leaves of 
palms and on a variety of other plants. West Indies, Demerara, Mexico, and 
lately reported by Newstead from Lagos, W. Africa. (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxv, 352.) 
A. (Chrysomphalus) biformis Ckll.—? scale about 2 mm. diam., very dark brown, 
circular to broadly oval, depressed, granulose; exuviw nipple-like, dark red- 
brown, placed to one side of center. gscale elongate. 9 with three pairs of 
lobes. On orchids. Jamaica and Trinidad. Also from Central America; the 
specimens showing four groups of ventral glands, rather scattered, cephalo- 
laterals 4 or 5, caudolaterals 5. 
var. cattleyee Ckll.—KExuview black. On Cattleya bowringiana. Jamaica. (Gard. 
Chron., May 6, 1893, p. 548.) 
yar. odontoglozsi Ckll.—Exuvie pale, black when rubbed. On Odontoglossum 
grande. Jamaica. (Gard, Chron., May 6, 1893, p. 548.) 
A. (Chrysomphalus) bowreyi Ckll —Q scales crowded on the plant, elongate, gray, 
with the blackish exuvie toward one end. with three pairs of lobes, none 
very prominent, margin serrate beyond the lobes; four groups of ventral glands, 
cephalolaterals about 7, caudolaterals about 8. On Agave rigida. Jamaica. 
(Ent. News, 1894, p. 59.) 
A. (Hemiberlesia) crawii Ckll.— 2 scale about 2 mm. diam., circular, moderately con- 
vex, dull reddish-gray, rather pale; exuvie nearly marginal, concolorous, incon- 
spicuous, except the first skin, which is marked by a little shining yellowish 
prominence. Scales largely covered by the red-brown epidermis. Removed 
from the twig they leave a conspicuous white mark. 9 similar to cydonie ; 
four groups of ventral glands, caudolaterals 4, cephalolaterals 5. On twigs of 
grapevine from Mexico, found by Mr. Alex. Craw in the course of his quarantine 
work. The passenger who brought the plants said they were sarsaparilla, but 
Mr. Craw thinks it is grapevine, and I am of the same opinion. 
A. (Chrysomphalus) dictyospermi Morg.—Q scale grayish-white, depressed, oval, exu- 
vie central, light yellow, center of larval skin dark orange. 9 with three 
pairs of lobes; a conspicuous pair of long, serrated plates laterad of third lobe. 
On Dictyospermum album. Demerara. (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1889, p.352.) There are 
four groups of ventral glands, cephalolaterals 3 or 4, caudolaterals 2. It occurs 
as a hothouse species in the United States. 
var. arece Newst.—@ scale more circular, deeper colored, with a nipple-like 
prominence surrounded by a depression, beyond which is a strong cirenlar 
ridge. On Areca triandra. Demerara. (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1893, p. 185. 
var. jamaicensis Ckll.— ? scale more circular, red-brown, no conspicuous central 
depression or ridge. Jamaica. On Cycas and rose. 
A. (Diaspidiotus) diffinis Newst.— @ scale convex, slightly elongate, grayish-brown, 
exuvie covered, brown when rubbed. 9 with three pairs of lobes, plates and 
ventral grouped glands wanting. Demerara. (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1893, p. 186.) 
var. lateralis Ckll.—? with distinct plates. Jamaica, on Jasminum. This is 
very near to punice, but the scale is brownish-white to brown, with the exu- 
vie away from the center, and the groups of ventral glands seem to be absent. 
A. (Chrysomphalus) fieus Ashm.--? scale circular, 2 mm. diam., black or blackish, 
with the covered exuviie reddish or orange. 2 with three pairs of well- 
developed lobes and four groups of ventral glands. On Ficus nitida and Citrus. 
Florida, Cuba, Mexico, Australia, Ceylon, Egypt. It lives on a great variety 
of plants. Mr. Pettit sent it to me from the Shaw Botanic Garden, St. Louis, 
on Laurus virginiana. It is common in the West Indies. Mr. Hy. Tryon states 
