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ton, of San Jos^, that it was introduced into California upon trees re- 

 ceived from Chile by the late James Lick. This last is an interesting 

 point which has not before been made public. We may mention, by 

 the way, the fact that this scale has made its appearance within the 

 last year in Australia. Other imported pests which are specifically 

 mentioned are the Purple Scale {Mytilas2)is citricola) and the Long- 

 Scale from Florida {Mytilasjns gloverii) ; the Florida Eed Scale (Asjri- 

 diotus Jicus) from Florida, Cuba, and Japan ; the Chaff Scale {Parlatoria 

 pergandii) from Florida, and an allied species, Parlatoria proteus^ ti^om 

 certain islands of the Pacific; the Wax Scale {Ceroplastes floridensis) 

 from Florida, and the congeneric C. rmci from Japan; Ctenocliiton per- 

 foratus from Australia, and Dactylopius iceryoides from the same local- 

 ity; Dactylopius destructor, the common Mealy Bug, from Honolulu, 

 and Pulvinaria camelJicola from Japan; the common Orange Chionaspis 

 (C. citri), the most abundant pest of the Orange in Louisiana, from 

 Japan and also from Australia; Leeanium depressum from Honolulu. 



THE MEMBRACIDyE OF NORTH AMERICA. 



We are pleased to notice that Dr. F. W. Coding, of Eutland, 111., 

 has published in the Transactions of the American Entomological 

 Society, vol. xix, a synopsis of the sub-families and genera of the 

 Membracidfe of North America, upon which he has been at work for 

 the last few years. His tables will be very useful to the student of the 

 Homoptera, and we look forward with interest to the complete mono- 

 graph which Dr. Coding has in preparation. 



A NEW ENEMY OF THE TOMATO. 



In November, 1892, we received from Mr. G. W. Caruthers, of Bexar, 

 Tex., specimens of an insect which he stated was damaging his toma- 

 toes, and which had been very destructive to that crop in the neigh- 

 borhood of Bexar for the past three years. Upon examination the in- 

 sect proved to be Pthia picta Dr., which occurs normally in the West 

 Indies and has been but seldom reported from the Gulf States. This, 

 in fact, is the first time it has been reported as of economic importance. 

 The insect is not distantly related to the common Squash Bug and will 

 probably be as difficult to control. 



AN INSECT ENEMY OF LACE CURTAINS. 



In a short paper, "Biologic Notes on New Mexico Insects," in the 

 Canadian Entomoloyist for January, 1893, Prof. C. H. T. Towuseud 

 records the fact that Ceuthophilus paUidus Thomas, a wingless stone 

 cricket has been found in New Mexico in houses eating holes in lace 

 curtains and other fabrics, and is reported to cause mucli damage in 

 this way. This is an entirely new habit for an insect of this group, 

 and we should naturally suppose, were it not for the frequency of the 



