78 LECAXIUM HESPERIDUM. 



LECAXIUM HESPERIDUM (Linnaeus). 

 (PL L, figs. 1-10.) 



Coccus liesperidum, Linnaeus ; Syst. Nat., ii, 739, 1 



(1735). 

 Calymnatus hesperidum, Costa, 0. GL; Nuove Osserv., 



tab. i, fig. 1 (1835). 

 Calypticus Idevis, Costa, 0. Gr. ; Faun. Ins. Nap. 



' Gallins. (1837). 

 Lecanium hesperidum, Blancliard; Hist. Nat. Ins. 



(1840). Signoret; Essai, p. 229 (1873). 

 Coccus patellseformis, Curtis; Gard. Chron., 1843, 



p. 517, figs. 1-6. 



Calypticus liesperidum, Lubbock ; Proc. Royal Soc., 

 ' ix, 480 (1858). Fernald; Canad. Ent., 1902, 



p. 177. 

 Nee Coccus laurinus (Signoret), JBoisduval ; Essai 



L'Ent. Hort., p. 353 (1867). 

 Chermes lauri (Bouche), Boisduval; Essai 1'Ent. 



Hort., p. 340, fig. 44 (1867). 

 ? Lecanium platycerii, Packard; Injurious Insects, 



etc., pp. 28, 31 (1870). 

 Lecanium lauri, Signoret ; Essai, p. 230 (1873) ; 



Douglas, Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xxv, p. 57 ; vol. ii, 



s.s., p. 244 (1891). 

 Lecanium alienum, Douglas ; Ent. Mo. Mag., 



vol. xxiii, p. 77 (1886). 

 Lecanium tesselatum, Douglas (nee Signoret) ; Ent. 



Mo. Mag., vol. xxiv, p. 25 (1887). 

 Lecanium clepressum, Douglas (nee Signoret) ; Ent. 



Mo. Mag., vol. xxiv, p. 27 (1887). 

 Ohermes aurantii (Alfonso), Targioni-Tozzetti ; 



Coccin. degli agrumi in Italia, p. 10, figs. A, B 



(1891). 



Female at period of gestation (figs. 2,3,10) pale yellow, 

 dull orange-yellow, or oclireous yellow, faintly greenisli- 



