245 



the ribs and veius of the leaves and in small numbers do no harm. 

 There are thousands of them on the tlowers in my garden. They would, 

 no doubt, spread over the garden were it not that the ants do not allow 

 them to roam. Two ants were watching about a dozen full-grown Eu- 

 tilias and Avhen I drove them away the Entilias hopped and flew off" 

 "forty ways for Sunday," reminding me of a flock of school children 

 when school is out. 



Have only found it breeding on Spikenard, Aralia racemose (?). 



THE FOOD PLANTS OF SOME JAMAICAN COCCID^, (II). 



By T. D. A. CocKERKLL, Kingston, Jamaica. 



The present paper continues a series of records commenced in Insect 

 Life, vol. v ., pp. 158-160. The numbers of genera uot previously 

 listed continue on from the lastthere mentioned; but genera xjreviously 

 listed, whether or uot the species is the same, have their old numbers, 

 with a letter added. 



(24; Aralia guilfoyJci (Araliaceip). — At the Parade Garden, Kiugstou, March 1, 

 had a few Asjyidiolits arlicitlatus and A. personatus on the upper side of the leaves. 



(25) Apeiia tihonrbou (Tiliaceije). — At the Parade Garden, Kingston, March 1, had 

 some Aspidiotits personatus and many A. articulatus on upper side of leaves. 



(26) Coffea (Rubiacese). — A few Aspidiottis articulalus were found on leaves of 

 Coftee sent l)y Mr. W. W. Wynne from Brokeuhurst, Mandeville. 



(27) Cupania cdiilis Camb. (.SapindacesB). — A small akee tree in Kingston, Decem- 

 ber 18, had onujiper side of leaves a iew Asjndiotus articuhttus and A. jJersonatus ; and 

 on midrib, petiole, and stem many Planchonia {Aaterodiaspis oUm) pusiulans, Ckll. 



(28) Erythrina nmhrosa (Leguminosie). — At the Parade Garden, Kingston, March 

 Ijliiid Aspidioius jieriionatus, A. articul atu 8, nTid Cerophtstes floridensis on the upper 

 side of the leaves. 



(29) Guaiacum officinale L. (Zygophyllacefe). — On a lignum-vitcT? tree in Kingston, 

 February 1, I found an adult and a young scale of Ceroplastea cirnpcdiformis, 3 or 4 

 C. floridensis, and one adult Lecanium olew. On January 29, I found one scale of 

 Aspidiotus articulatus on a small lignum-vit* tree in Kingston, but most of the Aspi- 

 dioti on the tree, at least, were A. aurantii. 



(30) Hibiscus jiutyureus f. semi-jyJena HoTt. (Malvaceae). — At the Parade Garden, 

 Kingston, March 1, had a few Aspidiotus articulatus on upper side of leaves. 



(31) Hippeaafritm equestre (Amaryllidacea'). — At the Parade Garden, Kingston, 

 March 1, had on upper side of leaves one Lecanium olew, and several specimens of an 

 oval moderately convex red-brown Lecanium which can by no means be separated 

 for L. hesperiduin L. 



(32) Lataniaaurea (Palmacece). — At the Parade Garden, Kingston, Miirch 1, had 

 on upper side of leaA'es a few Aspidiotus personatus. 



(14b) Musa (Musacese). — In Kingston I found one specimen of Aspidiotus palmm 

 on a leaf. It proved to be infested by a minute brown hymenopterous parasite, 

 having pointed wings with an enormous fringe, tibite spurred, tarsi apparently 

 4-jointed, with last joint longest. This parasite can uot well be identified, as it had 

 not emerged from the scale, and I only found it in a fragmentary condition when ex- 



