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you or Mr. Douglas would some evening exhibit these insects 

 on my behalf at the Entomological Society. I believe 

 scarcely anybody in England has seen our New Zealand 

 Coccids ; and although this lot is not a complete set, it 

 contains some very representative, and some very curious, 

 species. I regret very much that I cannot bring home my 

 whole cabinet. 



" These now sent comprise 25 species of Coccids, 2 Psyllids, 

 and 8 Aleurodids, forming a fairly representative lot of some 

 of our most curious Homoptera. 



"The following, amongst them, are described and figured 

 in my book, ' On the Scale Insects of New Zealand ' 

 (Wellington, 1887) : — Poliaspis media, Ctenochiton dcpressus, 

 C. fldvus, C. viridis, Fiorina astelia, Inylisia patella, I. lepto- 

 spermi, Eriochiton spinosus, Eriococcus paUidus, ])actijlopius 

 })()(£, and Ccelestoma zealandicum. Monophlehus Crairfordi is 

 described in the ' Transactions of the Koyal Society of South 

 Australia,' 1887-8. 



" The following appear in my papers of this year, which 

 are now in the printers' hands : — Solenophnra fayi (gen.nov.), 

 S. corokicB, Gossyparia cavelli, lihizococcus pulchellus, R. totara;, 

 Dactylopius obtectus, D. aurilanatus, Trioza panacis, Aleurodcs 

 fatji, A. asplenii, and Eriococcus Raithhi/i. 



" The following will be described in a paper to be read in 

 our session of 1890 : — Eriococcus danthonicc, hujlisia fayi, 

 Leachia zealandica, Lecanochiton minor. Colostoma pilosiim, 

 Psylla mimosa, and Aleurodes drimydis. 



" I believe you will find all these insects both new and 

 curious. 



" Please note that hujlisia patella is very loosely attached 

 to its leaf. lihizococcus pulchellus loses almost all its beauty 

 when dead, but in life it is an extremely beautiful object, — 

 bright green, with silvery spikes. Ctenochiton viridis also 

 loses its colours ; perhaps one or two specimens may keep 

 tlieir vivid green until they reach you, but I fear not. 

 Cirlostoma pilosum is alive, and may reach you alive. Note, 

 also, how closely, to the naked eye or with a weak lens, 

 Lecanochiton minor seems to resemble Aleurodes fayi. 



'• Leachia is a genus hitherto new to New Zealand ; had I 



