616 THE DISTRIBUTION OF SCALE INSECTS— COCKERELL. vol.xvii. 



Eriopeltis, 3; Liehfen.sia, 1; Pt(ivi)iaria^ 17; Ceroplastes, 2; Physo- 

 Icermes,!; Lecaniiim, 32- Leecoiopsis, 2; Spermococ'eus^ 1; Aclerda, 1; 

 lUxfcretopus, 1; Fairmairia, 1- Aspuliotus^ 2."); Diasph, 8; Aulacaspi'i, 

 1; 2l'ytilas2)is, 9; Finnaspis^l; Chionaspis,9'j LeueaHpis^^j\ Fiorinia,!; 

 Aonidia, 2. 



Thus the palearctic legiou has about 200 s[)ecies (some of donbtfiil 

 validity) which appear to be native to it. This is not a very good 

 showiug when we remember that eveu in the iiearctic region, where 

 we must have a lively sense of our iguorauce, we recognize about 120, 

 although, it must be coufessed, many of these can not be claimed as 

 native. 



Turning, now, to the several portions of the palearctic region, the 

 facts are still more striking. The great majority of the species is from 

 Prance, the country of Signoret, Boisduval, Lichtensteiu, and other 

 coccidologists. In early times Bouche described species from Ger- 

 many, and still earlier we have the "Fauna Boica" of Schrank. The 

 species of Schrank, being fouud in Austria, were in later days elucidated 

 by Loew. In Italy there was Targioui-Tozzetti, but this author fre- 

 quently omitted to give the descriptive information necessary for the 

 identitication of names bestowed, these omissions, happily, being mostly 

 supplied by Signoret. At the present time Berlese, in Italy, and Giard, 

 in France, are publishing on Coccida^ 



In the Spanish peninsula, about ten years ago, some species were 

 described by P. Colvee, and later than that Mr. A. C. F. Morgan, resid- 

 ing at Oporto, has studied the group, though not adding very much to 

 the fauna of his locality. 



In Greece some contributions have appeared from Gennadius, who 

 also favors us with a record of AspUliotus aurantii (his coccineus) from 

 the Island of Chios, off the coast of Asia, Minor. The same insect has 

 been reported by Shipley from Cyprus, and is stated to occur in Syria. 

 The mainland of Asia Minor furnishes one species, Daefylopius caricus, 

 described in 1883 by Gennadius. 



From Egypt we know little, but Signoret described therefrom his 

 Ceroplastes minio.sce; and more recently we have the Icerya ccgyptiaca 

 of Mr. Douglas, which may, however, be really a native of India. 



Algeria has furnished two species of Asierolecanium on bamboo, but 

 these doubtless belong really to the troi)i('s, where they have since 

 been found. Guerinia serratuhv, reported by Signoret, is more proba- 

 bly native there. Just lately M. Giard has named from Algeria two 

 species, Lecaiiiuni asparagi and Dlaspis asparagi, but I am not aware 

 that the descriptions have yet appeared. 



Madeira and the Canary Islands now furnish the imported Coccus 

 cacti, but their native coccid fauna is unknown. If my recollection is 

 correct, 2fyfihi'^pis2)omori(m was found a])parently native in the Canaries 

 by Mr. D. Morris recentl3^ 



Taking the more northern parts of Europe, there is the "scarlet 



