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lishes its rarity. It was received by Dr Howard in 1894 from Mr John G. 

 Jack, who stated that the species was very abundant in some localities in 

 the vicinity of Jamaica. It was also sent him from other localities in 

 Massachusetts, and from Prof. \V. G. Johnson, then at the State Laboratory 

 of Natural History, Champaign 111., to whom it had been sent on sugar 

 maple leaves from Mt Karner. Prof. L. F. Kinney of the Rhode Island 

 Experiment Station, also sent specimens of the insect to Dr Howard 

 during that year. Since this latter date the species was not abundant 

 till 1901, as stated above, when it occurred in large numbers, not only 





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 of same still 

 enlarged; c= 



us acericola: rt^adult female, antenna greatly enl.arged; /»=antenna 

 iilarged; c=adult male, antenna greatly enlarged; (/=young larva, greatly 

 1 of same still more enlarged. (After Howard. Insect Life. 1894. 7 : 237) 



in New York State, but in localities in Massachusetts, and probably in 

 other sections of the country. 



Life history. The life history of the insect, as given by Miss Smith 

 and Dr Howard, maybe stated briefly as follows. The adult females occur 

 on the leaves in summer, and are about I4 inch in length and a little less in 

 transverse diameter. The adults are concealed by an oval mass of powdery, 

 slightly stringy wax within which is the female and her eggs, the insect 

 occupying the anterior end and her body constituting about l:j^ its bulk. 



