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GG. Body dark-olive, almost 

 black, thinly covered with 

 snow-white mealy wax ; 

 secreting a cottony sac 

 which finally entirely en- 

 closes the female. On 

 Ephedra califontica- 



cphcdrac. 

 FF. Article 1 of antennae longer than 5; 

 oviparous. 



G. Body dull salmon-brown ; 

 eggs laid in a fluffy cot- 

 tony mass. On Cuprcssits 

 niacrocarpa, Thuja ovicn- 

 talis, Avaucaria cxcelsa. 



ryani. 



GG. Body lead-gray ; eggs laid 



in an ovisac. On Cupres- 



siis s^oi'crniana. Libocc- 



dvus dcciirrciis. 



aiidcrsoni. 

 EE. Article 2 of antennae distinctly shorter than 

 8 ; anal wax appendages much shorter than 

 one-third length of body. 



F. Article 3 of antennae shorter than 8. 



G. Body yellow ; eggs deposited 

 in a cottony mass. On 

 various cultivated plants. 

 citri. 

 GG. Body gray ; eggs deposited 

 in a definite ovisac. 

 H. Body with conspic- 

 uous lateral wax 

 plates ; female not 

 at all enclosed in 

 the ovisac. On se- 

 quoia sempervir- 

 cns. 



sequoiae. 

 HH. Body without con- 

 spicuous lateral 

 wax plates ; fe- 

 male completely 

 enclosed in the 



