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and if gibl)ose would have been described as a variety of 

 Kermes essigii. 



Taken on the smaller l)ranclies of a single large maul oak, 

 Quercus chrysolejns Liebm., at the Rath Mine, Volcaiao Canyon, 

 Sierra Nevada Mountains, altitude 3,500 feet, near Forest Hill, 

 Placer County, California, by E. J. Branigan and E. 0. Essig, 

 November 22, 1913. The material was sent to me by Mr. Essig 

 and I take pleasure in naming it after Mr. Branigan, who dis- 

 covered the first specimen. 



Figure 1. Kermes braiiiffdiii King, on twigs of maul oak, Quercus chri/solepis Liebm. 

 (Photo by E. O. Essig). 



The highest altitude at which a species of Kermes has been 

 taken is in the case of Kermes gillettei by Prof. Cockerell at 

 Beulah, New Mexico, at about 8,000 feet. Mr. Essig has recently 

 taken Kermes cockerclli at Colfax, California, at an altitude of 

 2,500 feet. 



