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Merannplus bicolor, Sm. = Meranopius bicolor, Guer. 



Poh/rhdchis Imvissiiims, Sm. = Polyrhachis lasvissima, Sm. 



Poli/rhachis schrinax, Koger = Polijrhachis thrina.v, Koger 

 (errata, Trans. Entom. Soc. v. 1889). 



Holcom.yrmex indicus, Mayr = Holcomyniiex scabriccps, 

 Mayr. 



The last name was corrected in the errata, Trans. Entom. 

 Soc. V. 1889, and was a very curious error. All my type- 

 specimens of this genus and species were labelled by Mr. 

 Frederick Smith H. indicus, and I can only surmise that he 

 confused the species with Pheidole indica, which Dr. Mayr 

 described from my specimens at the same time." 



Mr. H. Goss exhibited, for Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, of 

 Kingston, Jamaica, several specimens of palm leaves, from 

 the garden of the Museum in Kingston, covered with 

 Aspidiotiis articiilatas, Morgan, and read the following letter 

 on the subject from Mr. Cockerell : — 



" Kingston, Jamaica, Feb. 16th, 1892, 

 " Dear Sir, 



" I enclose pieces of the leaf of a palm, from the garden 



of the Museum in Kingston, covered with Aspidiotus articu- 



latus, Morgan. It may interest some to see how severely 



the plant is attacked, the scales almost entirely covering the 



upper surface of the leaf in places. The species is notable 



for the sharp division between the thorax and abdomen, and 



makes an interesting microscopic object. 



" 1 had formerly distributed it under the MS. name of A. 

 ru/escetis, because Morgan's figure in the Ent. Mo. Mag. 

 seemed to indicate a different species ; but Mr, Morgan has 

 kindly sent me one of his A. articulatiis from Demerara, and 

 so I am able to satisfy myself that the two are identical. A. 

 articulatns feeds on a variety of plants, and is at present 

 known from Demerara, Jamaica, and Barbados. 



" Will you kindly give some of the specimens to any Fellow 

 of the Society who cares to have them ? 



" Yours very truly, 



" T. D. A. Cockerell,** 



" The Secretary, 



" Entomological Society of London." 



