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that he bought in Brisbane some imported American apples which had numerous 
A, ficus on the rind; but did he perhaps mistake the species? Its food plants 
at Brisbane he says are orange, Myrtus hillii, camphor laurel, Atlantia buxifolia, 
and Castaneospermum. 
A. (Aspidiotus s. str.?) hartii Ckll.— 9 scale subcircular to oval, about 14 mm. diam., 
moderately convex, dull brownish-gray, with a slight purplish tint (sacchari is 
similar), exuvice shining pale straw-color. 9 with two pairs of well-developed 
lobes, branched plates, five groups of ventral glands. On yam tubers. Trini- 
dad, W.I. 
var. lantii Ckll.—Median lobes entire, as in hartii; no groups of ventral glands. 
Trinidad. The median lobes of sacchari, which this resembles, are very dis- 
tinctly notched. 
A. (n. subg.?) latastei Ckll.—@ scale about 13 mm. diam., circular, strongly convex, 
concentrically ridged, white, with the covered pale orange exuvie to one side. 
@ with median lobes large, wide apart, second small, third almost obsolete; 
four groups of ventral glands, of 5 each. Chile. 
A. (Morganella) longispinus Morg.—Q scale dark, convex, less than a mm. broad; 
exuvire central, covered, inconspicuous. @ with only one pair of lobes, these 
long, notched without; long simple plates, and very long spines. On Cupania 
sapida. Demerara. (Ent. Mo. Mag., xxv, 352.) 
A. (Chrysomphalus) mangifere Ckll.— 2 scale circular, flattened, with central, covered, 
nipple-like exuvie, which are reddish. Median lobes largest, second pair 
nearly as large, third pair small, fourth rudimentary; a pair of very large 
spine-like plates in the region of 3rd and 4th lobes. On leaves of mango. 
Jamaica. (Journ. Inst. Jamaica, i, 255.) 
A. (Chrysomphalus) mimose Comst.—Q scale resembling that of tenebricosus; very 
dark gray, convex, exuvire covered, its position marked by a white dot and 
ring. 3 pairs of lobes; no group of ventral glands. On Minosa; Tampico, 
Mexico. (2nd Cornell Rep., 1883, p. 62.) 
A. (Melanaspis) nigropunctatus Ckll.—Much like 4. obscurus. © scale 3 mm. diam., 
dirty gray; exuvie sublateral, pitch-black, with a narrow reddish margin; at 
first covered by a film of whitish secretion. 9 with five groups of ventral 
glands, cephalolaterals 16 or more, caudolaterals 10 or 11, median 7 or 8. On 
‘“‘trueno,” San Luis Potosi, Mexico. (Bull. 4, Tech. Ser., Div. Ent., p. 31.) 
A. (Hemiberlesia) palme Morg. & Ckll.— 9 seale much like that of rapar. 9 differ- 
ing by the distinct though small second and third lobes, median lobes wider 
apart, plates longer and much branched at tips, 4 groups of ventral glands. 
On cocoanut and banana, and rarely on other plants. West Indies. 
A. (Mycelaspis) personatus Comst.— 9? scale very small and convex, circular, dark 
eray or black. No groups of ventral glands. West Indies. 
A. (Diaspidiotus) punice Ckll.—Q seale circular or nearly so, white, first skin shin- 
ing metallic. 9 orange, median lobes large and prominent, second pairsmall, 
third rudimentary; grouped glands present. ¢ dull yellow. On pomegran- 
ate in Jamaica; on cocoanut in Dominica. (Journ. Inst. Jamaica, i, 255.) 
A variety of this ona palm at the Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 
(Div. Ent., 6982), has broader lobes and a flatter scale. It appears to be identi- 
cal with the form found by Mr. Barber on cocoanut in Dominica. This is a good 
deal like the Ceylonese form, which Green calls 4. cydonie ; and while punicw and 
cydoniew seem sufficiently distinct, with the var. of punice and the Ceylonese 
cydonia there is formed a sufficiently continuous series to call for further 
investigation. Whatever may be the final result as to the status of the species 
concerned, the interesting fact remains that here we have Diaspidiotus running 
completely into Hemiberlesia as it passes southward. Another related species 
is A. greenii. si 
A. (Chrysomphalus) reniformis Ck11.— 9 seale circular, diam. 2 mm., flat, pale reddish- 
brown; exuvi concolorous or slightly darker, covered, but both skins very 
