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of tbose known from Jamaica. Even adding' (Mglit nnrecoguizable 

 spex'ies of " Coccus''' (seven by Ander.soii, one by W, F. Kiiby) the total 

 is only 3(>; still only abont lialf the total for Jamaica. 



The Jamaican total, however, inclndes s]»ecies believed to have been 

 intro<lnce<l ; so, to make the comparison fair, we should add to the 

 Oriental list DUispis lanatus (in Ceylon), Iccri/a (Cf/i/ptiaca (Madras, 

 possibly native), Baetj/lopins &rome/i«', as identitied byMaskell (in Ben- 

 gal on mulberry), and ChioHaspis br<iziiien»is (in Ceylon), as well as 

 the long established Coccus cacti, which I Lad already included, thus 

 bringing the Oriental list to a total of 40. 



Coming now to the several faun;e, we may take tirst the islands. 

 The Malay region is almost totally unexplored for Coccid.e, yet wliat a 

 rich harvest it would surely yield! From Sumatra we have the <»1<1 

 Monopldcbus dubius, Fabricius {fabricii, West wood), and from /!ava 

 Monophlcbus atripennis. King. We learn from Watt (Dictionary of 

 Economic Products of India) that Coccus cacti has bi^en introduced in 

 Java, and are there referred ibr further information on this point to a 

 work I have not seen, " Veth's Woordeuboek von ^"ederlandsch Indie- 

 Cochenille." 



Beyond these records I can not recollect a single S])ecies as mentioned 

 from anyT^Ialayan island: nothing from Borneo, Celebes, or the Piiilip- 

 piiie Islands. 



For the Laccadive Islands we have Maskell's records of Dactylojiius 

 cocotis and Aspidiotus destructor; but for the Andamans, Nicobars, 

 and ^laldives I have seen no*records. 



For Ceylon we have several records. In addition to the two above 

 mentioned, we may refer to WalJieriana florigcr, Walker, ''Coccu.s''' 

 lanigcr, Kirhy jLccaniuui cop'ea', Walker, L. maufjifera', Green, L. viride, 

 Green, Orthezia nacrca, \i\n^\^to\\^ Asp idiot iis transparens. Green (?^=^. 

 nerii, says Mr. Green), Aspidiotus thcw, Green (which Mr. Green informs 

 me consists of a female Chionaspis biclaris, Comstock, and a male (7//- 

 oitas2)is sp.), and Aspidiotus Jiavescens, Green (which Mr. Green says in 

 a recent letter is a Diaspis). The last three were figured in a little 

 book on Insect Pests, by E. E. Green, published in 18JI0; they all 

 infest the tea plant. It may be well here to mention, also, that in 1S86 

 Mr. Green published a four-page pam[)hlet, with a c<dored plate, treat- 

 ing of the three species of Lecanium infesting cofltee, namely, L. uigrum, 

 L. coffea', and L. viride. It is to be remarked that this publication of 

 L. ciride considerably antedates that by Mr. Green in the Entomolo- 

 gists' Monthly 3Iagazine (1889, p. 248), where it nevertheless appears 

 as a new species. 



It is most fortunate for Oriental coccidologytliat within the last year 

 or so Mr. (Jreen has commenced to work out the Coccidie of Ceylon in 

 earnest, so that inside of a reasonable time we may expect to be well 

 informed regarding the species of that island. As might be expected, 

 he has found many interesting new species, several of vrhich he has 



