806 A. BE. Verrili— The Bermuda Islands. 
Mealy-bug. (?Dactylopius destructor Coms., Ann. Rep. Agric. Dep., 
Ent., for 1880, p. 342, pl. xi, fig. 3; pl. xxii, fig. 2; Man. Entom., 
p. 167, fig. 205.) Figure 179. 
A species of Mealy-bug, which was found on various shrubs and 
trees, apparently belongs to this species, but it was not carefully 
studied and the specimens were not preserved. Possibly it may 
have been the common Mealy-bug of the greenhouses ()). adonidum 
(L.) Sig.), in part. The former attacks various trees and shrubs in 
Florida and is very injurious to the orange trees. It is also very 
partial to the coffee-tree. 
Orange Mealy-bug. (Dactylopius citri Bois.) 
Mr. Geo. A. Bishop reports that a Mealy-bug, identified as this 
species, occurs on the orange and other citrus trees in Bermuda, and 
also on various garden vegetables, especially potatoes. 
Orthezia insignis Douglas, Entom. Monthly Mag., p. 169, Jan., 1888. 
Pirate XCVIII; Ficure 16. 
This elegant species was sent to me living, by Miss Hayward, early 
in September. With it were many minute, yellowish white, ovate 
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mites, which seemed to be parasitic upon it. See ch. 38, 0. 
180 
Figure 180. — Ceroplastes Floridensis, on orange tree, nat. size; b, enlarged. 
Figure 181.—Olive-scale or Black-scale (Lecaniwm ole); a, natural size, 
and 6, enlarged. Figure 179.—Destructive Mealy-bug (Dactylopius destruc- 
tor), x5; after Comstock. 
The body is dark brown, strongly grooved transversely; it bears a 
central double row and a marginal rosette of pure white scale-like 
secretions; posteriorly these become much elongated in the adults 
