100 JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY 



Species of Batliytoma from the Upper Pleistocene of San Pedro, 

 California. 



Rivers' tine collection of Coleoptera, which contained a number 

 of types and specimens from Horn and LeGonte, was sold to 

 Walter Horn of Berlin, Germany, several years ago. In the 

 Lepidoptera, he made a special study of the genera Melitcea and 

 Clisiocampa, describing a new species of the former. His 

 collection of shells was acquired, in part, by Pomona College, 

 Beloit College (Wisconsin), and Dr. F. C. Clark of Santa Monica. 



Of greatest value, greater than his published work and collec- 

 tions, was the influence of his personality on those who were 

 privileged to have known him ; that cannot be expressed in 

 words. He was a real naturalist and to have known him was a 

 great privilege. His little workshop and museum behind his 

 house, filled with books and specimens, will always be remem- 

 bered by those who were ever in it. 



FoRDYCE Grin NELL, Jr. 



Pasadena, California. 



THE TENTH CALIFORNIA KERMES 



GEO. B. KING 



Lawrence, Mass. 



Kermes branigani n. sp. 



(Fig. 1) 



Female scale — Globular in shape, 5 mm. long, 6 mm. wide, 

 5 mm. high. The color is light cream, nearly white, often with 

 bluish cast, with four broad transverse bands of very light 

 yellowish brown. Segmentation distinct; the sutures slightly 

 depressed and marked by small round black dots. Surface 

 shiny and thickly covered with minute black specks, which are 

 seen only through a hand lens. There is a short, very distinct 

 groove posteriorly reaching to the anus. 



This is a very pretty species and is closely allied with such 

 species as Kermes galliformis, Kermes occidentalis, Kermes 

 Higropunctatus and Kermes essigii. It is nearest to the latter 



