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SEVENTH KERMES (COCCID4) FROM CALIFORNIA 
GEO. B. KING 
Lawrence, Mass. 
Figure 1. Kermes essigii King on twigs of the California Coast live oak, Quescus 
agrifolia Neé. Twice natural size. (Photo by E. O. Essig). 
Kermes essigit un. sp. 
Female scale—Light brown, 6 mm. long, 6 mm. broad and 5 nm. 
high; surface shiny. Under normal conditions practically 
globular, of two distinct forms, one with a deep broad 
longitudinal constriction, with sides bulging, and four 
transverse bands of a light cream color. The constriction 
is not pallid, but of the same color as that of the scale, light 
brown. The entire surface is peppered with minute black 
specks, only visible through a hand lens of 20 diam.; there 
are also several large black dots about the size of a pin head 
viewed under a hand lens. The other form is of the same 
