1894. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 623 



nivalis, Ccelosfoma ruhif/inosHm (also found by Mr. French), Monophlehus 

 fnscvs., Icerya ]{oehehu, Carteria derorcJIa (also t'ouiul by Mr. Olliff). 

 Total, 15 species. 



NEOTROPICAL REGION. 



I have given a list of the neotropical Coccitbi' in the Journal of the 

 Trinidad Field-Naturalists' Club for 1S04. Previously, in the Joiirnal 

 of the Institute of Jamaica, a list of the West Indian si)ecies had 

 appeared. 



Dactylopius calceoUiriw, Maskell was accidentally omitted from the 

 first-mentioned list; it is from Jamaica, not Mexico, as stated by Mr. 

 Maskell.* A.spidiotus bowreyi, Cockerell, Geroplastcs alboHneatus, 

 Cockerell, Lecanium urichi, Cockerell, Margarodes vitium, Giard 

 (:=vitiSy Phillip])!, sub. Hetcrodera), Aspidiotiis hitasfci, Cockerell, 

 and Mytilaspis pltilococcus, Cockerell, have been described since the list 

 was written ; the first two are from Jamaica, the third from Trinidad, 

 the fourth and fil'th from Chile, and the last from ^Mexico. 



Thus, all told, the neotropical list now stands at l-;4. 



Anyone consulting the above-meutioued lists will see how very few 

 species are known from the mainland countries, witli the excej)tiou of 

 Biitish Guiana and Mexico, and even for these the lists are extremely 

 small in comparison to the presumably existing numbers. From Ecua- 

 dor we know only the one [Ortonia uldcrl) found by Prof. Orton when 

 crossing the desert of Xapo. This discovery was made on November 7, 

 18G7, the locality being (),()00 feet above sea level. t From Guatemala 

 we know only one; from Peru apparently none; from Colombia oidy 

 Icerya montserratensis at Colon. | 



From the Argentine only Falwococcvs hrasiliensis (Walker), found 

 at Buenos Ayres. From Uruguay a couple of species found at Monte- 

 video. From Paraguay and Bolivia none; from Brazil about half a 

 dozen. 



From Chile we knew nothing except the now lost CeropJastcs vhilensis 

 of Gray, and a few introduced forms; but Mr. Lataste has become 

 interested, with the resulting discovery of two new species, mentioned 

 above. 



From Trinidad Ave now know quite a number of species, mostly 

 collected by Mr. IJrich. 



Eegarding the West Indian Islands I have already made some 

 remarks in Insect Life, vi, p. 100. From the Cayman Islands, we know 

 Diaspis lanatus and Chlonaspis minor from Grand Cayman, collected by 

 H. MacDermot. 



No addition has been made to the small list for Cuba, and Haiti is 



* Trans. New Zeal. Inst, for 1893, p. 89. 



tl liave not here eutei'ed upon the question of the vertical distribution of 

 Coccid.T, the data being wholly insufficient. But I suppose that Orthezia occidcnfalis 

 and Pulvinaria hUjcIovia', from about 7,800 feet in Colorado, represent the highest 

 Coccida' so far known. 



UnsectLife, 1894, p. 327. 



