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Kangra Valley, whicli, to tlie best of my knowledge, is in Punjab. 

 Aspidiotu.^ thew is toand both in Punjab and Assam. 



Except the Beloochistan record previously alluded to, I tind no other 

 information regarding" Coccid;e of the oriental mainland, save one or 

 two from China. 



Of course, the lac industry has quite a literature of its own, and it is 

 well known that all the lac does not come from India proper. I have 

 a copy of a iiianuscri])t written in 1840 by William Jones, ^le Jamaican 

 entomologist, alluding to the lac from Siaui and Pegu. 



From China we have Ericerus pe-la, the Chinese wax insect; 

 AsphliotHS gossypii of Fitch, from Niiigpo, apparently a Chionaspis; 

 J)rosicha contrahens (Walker) Signoret. reported also as from Ceylon, 

 and Walker's '^Asjridiofus ^/a/ri7ur/?(.s," which is a dried caterpillar! 



AISTKALIAN IIEGION. 



Here we pass from darkness into light, thanks to the untiring and 

 faithful labors of Mr. Alaskell. 



Putting aside Australia and New Zealand, we may commence with 

 the smaller islands, concerning which very little is known. From Xew 

 Guinea I find no records except that of Myxolemnium lihara\ the 

 description of which I have not yet had the goo<l fortnne to see. It 

 dates li'om 1877. 



For New Caledonia we have another monotypic form, the Trs.'idrohelus 

 gucyiiiii. 



From the Fiji Islands ]\Iaskell has received some species, and so 

 records DactylopiuH vocotis., Jjtcanium chirimoUcc {= lo7igulum) , Diaspis 

 pinnHlifera, Dacfiilopins C(ilce(>Uiria\ and Plnnchonia hryoldes. In Insect 

 Life, III, p. 253, Mytilasjns cltrivola is reported on oranges froiii Fiji. 

 From Tonga, Mr. Maskell records Chiona.spis citri, found by Mr. Koebele. 

 From Samoa Aspidiotus cydoniiv was received on oranges. 



In Tahiti the Coccidje are not known; nevertheless, ChlonaHpis 

 hicJavis, Myt'daspiH citricola, and Aspidiotiis aurantil have been reported 

 as found on trees received from that island. 



The Sandwich Islands, though singularly poor in insects, may be 

 found to yield a fair number of Coccidie. Mr. Maskell has alieady 

 given us some information about Sandwich Island species, and one or 

 two other writers have alluded to the subject, wso that Ave know of at 

 least the following species: DavtyJopins citri, on orange trees from 

 the Sandwich IvSlands, LecaniKm hc.-^peridum, L. depression. L. olea', L. 

 aciouinatum, Asterolecanlum pHstHlans., Pulvinaria psidii, and Sphcero- 

 coccu.s hamhusw. Only the last two were originally described from 

 Sandwicli Island specimens. 



From Tasmania we know a few species in MoHophlehus illiyeri., Asjn- 

 diotiis acacia\ and Myfilus2)is 2>oni()ru))i, the last, of course, introduced. 

 There are probably some other Tasmanian records, as I have not so far 

 made any great effort to distinguish them from those i)ertaiuing to 

 Australia. 



