Scutellista cyanea Motsch., Bred from Phena- 
coccus artemisiae Ehrh 
E. O. ESSIG 
SECRETARY STATE HORTICULTURAL COMMISSION 
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 
On a collecting trip during the month of May, 1911, in the 
Sespe Canyon, Ventura County, California, the writer succeeded 
in procuring a large number of specimens of Phenacoccus 
artemisiae HKhrh. Among the specimens collected one was 
noticed to be parasitized and was placed in a small vial. From 
this specimen an adult Scutellista cyanea Motsch. was bred. To 
the knowledge of the writer this parasite has not been bred from 
a coecid of this type and the record is worth preserving. It is 
interesting also to note that the specimens collected were far up 
in the mountains, which shows that Scutellista cyanea Motsch. 
is quite common throughout all parts of southern California. 
The writer has bred it from black scale far up in the mountains 
in other localities of Ventura County. 
