103 
Coccide of the Marine Gardens, Kingston, Jamaica, April, 1893. 
Species. 
1. Dactylopive longifilis, 
Comst. 
to 
. Dactylopius virgatus, Ckll.. 
. Asterolecanium pustulans, 
Ckll 
. Lecanium olee, Bern 
ac 
. Lecanium hesperidum, L-.. 
7. Lecanium hemisphericum, 
Targ. 
8. Ceroplastes floridensis, 
Comst. 
9. Aspidiotus articulatus. 
Morg. 
10. Aspidiotus sicus, Riley MS., 
Ashm. 
11. Aspidiotus sacchari, Ckll.-.. 
12. Aspidiotus personatus, 
Comsat. 
13. Diaspis lanatus, Ckll 
14 Aulacaspis boisduvalii, Sign. 
15. Pseudoparlatoria ostreata, 
Ckll. 
16. Chionaspis minor, Mask ... 
17. Ischnaspis filiformis, Doug). 
18. Pinnaspis pandani, Comst. 
. Lecanium terminalie, Ckll. 
Plants infested. 
On a palm; and 1 juv. on 
On an orchid; on a palm 
upper side of leaf of star- 
apple. 
Several juv. on leaf of coco- 
nut. 
On pink oleander; very 
abundant and injurious. 
On Terminalia; on pink ole- | 
ander, and many on twigs 
of star-apple, attended by | 
ants. 
OneRermingliae.< cs sme <== 
One on a palm; found by my 
wife. 
On oleander ; on upper side of 
| On a palm 
leaves of star-apple. 
On oleander, with newly 
hatched larvze, which are 
orange; on Citrus; on upper 
side of leaves of star-apple. 
On upper side of leaves of 
pink oleander; on under 
side of leaves of rose; on 
Citrus; many on upper side 
of leaves of an orchid. 
On sugar-Cane -...-.---.-- 
On oleand6r.<2222-— 222s acens 
On coconut, ¢ pale lemon yel- 
low. 
CPA Cally DNA ee ce oe miete= ee are 
On a palm 
On a palm 
On coconut 
Distribution elsewhere. 
; 
| District of Columbia (under glass). 
| Montserrat, Demerara, Florida, Mex- 
ico, Brazil, Sandwich Islands. 
Antigua, Mexico, California, Florida, 
south Carolina France, Australia, 
New Zealand. 
(Endemic so far as known.) 
Mexico. : 
Mexico, Sandwich Islands, South 
Africa, Europe, Georgia, Utah, 
California, Florida, New York, Dis- 
trict of Columbia, Ohio. 
Trinidad, Antigua, Montserrat, New 
Zealand, Pennsylvania, California, 
Australia, Europe (under glass). 
Florida, Louisiana, Barbados (on leaf, 
apparently Chrysophyllum). 
Nevis, Barbados, Trinidad, Demerara, 
Mexico. 
Cuba, Florida, Mexico, Japan, Kew 
(under glass), Australia. 
(Endemic so far as known.) 
Barbados, Cuba, Demerara. 
Antigua. 
Barbados, Trinidad (Urich), Europe 
(under glass). 
(Endemic so far as known.) 
Trinidad, Antigua, New Zealand. 
Trinidad, Antigua, Grenada, Deme- 
rara, District of Columbia (under 
glass), London (under glass). 
Trinidad, Massachusetts (under 
glass). 
Thus, of 18 species, all but three are known outside of Jamaica (and 
it is very doubtful if these are confined to the island, although not yet 
found elsewhere), while eleven have been detected outside of the neo- 
tropical region. 
The following paper was then read: 
NOTE AND RECORD KEEPING FOR THE ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGIST. 
By A. D. Hopkins, Morgantown, W. Va. 
There is nothing of greater importance in the work of an economic 
entomologist than a well-organized system of keeping notes, records, 
and references. 
Especially is it important as a primary feature of the 
oftice and laboratory organization of the Experiment Station entomol- 
ogist. 
One of the objects of the law establishing the Agricultural Experi- 
ment Stations: was to “stimulate original research and experiments 
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