82 INSECTS NOXIOUS TO AGRICULTURE. 



Male unknown. 



Habitat in New Zealand On Bavardia, in hothouses, Christ- 

 church. In Europe on ivy. 



This insect belongs to Signoret's first series : the dorsal 

 spots distinguish it from L. hesperidum. 



48. LECANIUM MORI, Signoret, Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France^ 



1873, p. 407. 

 Maskell, N.Z. Trans., Vol. XVII., 1884, p. 29. 



(Plate XI., Fig. 4.) 



Adult female naked ; elongated, convex ; reddish ; length, 

 about Jin. Skin smooth, without spots, tessellations, or keels. 

 Antennae of seven joints. Feet normal. 



Adult male unknown : pupa covered by a white, elongated, 

 segmented, glassy test. 



Habitat in New Zealand On Alsophila Colensoi and other 

 ferns, Botanical Gardens, Wellington. In Europe on mul- 

 berry, &c. 



The insect belongs to Signoret's second series. 



49. LECANIUM OLE.*:, Bernard. 



Chermes olea, Bernard, Mem. d'Hist. Nat. Acad., 1872, 



108. 



L. oleae, Signoret, loc. cit., 1873, p. 440. 

 Maskell, N.Z. Trans., Vol. XVII., 1884, p. 28. 

 The " Blaek Scale." 



(Plate XI., Fig 5.) 



Adult female naked ; semi-globular ; dark-brown, sometimes 

 almost black. Skin marked by one longitudinal and two trans- 

 verse keels, not very conspicuous. Diameter, about j'g-in. 

 Antennae of eight joints. Feet normal. Anal ring with six 

 hairs. 



Young insect flat, elongated, reddish-brown. The keels are 

 more conspicuous than in the adult. Skin marked with numerous 

 oval perforations. 



Male unknown. 



Habitat in New Zealand On camellia, Cassinia leptophyUa 

 (tanhiiie), and other plants, Wellington; Hawke's Bay; on 

 various native trees, Whangarei. In Europe on olive. In 

 America (where it is called the " black scale ") on oranges and 

 very many other plants. 



