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HOST PLANTS. 



Anonacese Anona sp. 



Apocynacese *Nerium oleander (Oleander). 



Araliaceae *Sciadophyttum sp. 



Leguminosse Acacia sp., Bauhinia sp. 



Moraceae Ficus benghalensis (Banyan Tree), F. sjjp 



Musaceae Musa sp. 



Oleacese Olea sp. (Olive). 



Rutacese Giirus aurantium (Orange), Citrus medica 



(Lime). 



PART OF PLANT ATTACKED. 



Leaves and petioles, rarely young stems. 



REMARKS. 



This species is fairly common all over Egypt, but has not been 

 responsible for any damage. 



20. Coccus (Lecanium) longulus Douglas. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY : Newstead, Mon. Brit. Cocc., Vol. ii, p. 86. 

 Green, Cocc. of Ceylon, Part iii, p. 221. 



Specimens of the adult female collected in this country yellow 

 to brown, long, moderately narrow, somewhat arched, with ends 

 broadly rounded. Surface smooth with in some cases faint dark 

 reticulations on the dorsum running into faint dark radiations towards 

 the margin. The adult female is ovoviviparous and the young living 

 Iarvs9 can be found beneath the body of the parent. 



Length 4-8-millimetres. Bread th 2-5-4 millimetres. 



HOST PLANTS. 



Leguminosse * Acacia arabica (Sunt), Acacia sp., Cajanus 



indicus (Pigeon Pea). 



PART OF PLANT ATTACKED. 



In nearly every case it is the young stems that are attacked, the 

 females ranging themselves longitudinally along the stems. 



REMARKS. 



This species is found on Sunt all over Egypt. It is not so common 

 on Pigeon Pea. 



