COCCIDAE FROM LOWER CALIFORNIA Off 



Phenacoccus franseriae. 

 Aclerda attenuata. 

 Pulvinaria peninsularis. 

 Toumeyella cerifera. 

 Protodiaspis lagunae. 

 Ancepaspis novemdentata. 

 Diaspis simmondsiae. 

 Pseudodiaspis prosopidis. 

 Pseudodiaspis elaphrii. 

 Pseudodiaspis ruelliae. 

 Pseudodiaspis magna. 

 Chionaspis distichlii. 

 Lepidosaphes acuta. 

 Lepidosaphes calcarata. 

 Lepidosaphes obtecta. 

 Lepidosaphes peninsularis. 

 Odonaspis litorosa. 

 Odonaspis fistulata. 

 Chrysomphalus enceliae. 

 Chrysomphalus induratus. 

 Aspidiotus chortinus. 

 Aspidiotus pedilanthi. 



Two of these species, Odonaspis fistulata and Aclerda attenuata, 

 apparently have their nearest relatives in the East Indian region, as will 

 be pointed out in the discussion concerning them. It is possible that 

 they have been introduced into Lower California on bamboo, but in the 

 present state of our knowledge speculation is idle. 



Four species are left unidentified for lack of material or other 

 reasons, but are listed for the sake of completeness. 



It is obvious from the above resume that the affinities of the scale 

 insect fauna of this region are most intimately related with the fauna of 

 southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, which is quite in 

 accord with the known facts concerning the other groups that have been 

 studied to any extent. What connection, if any, there may be with the 

 fauna of the tropical west coast of Mexico below Mazatlan, remains to 

 be determined, for the scale insects of the latter region are still almost 

 entirely unknown. 



In general the collector in this area cannot fail to be impressed by 

 the absence of conspicuous forms, especially in the Coccinae. A very 

 large proportion of the species are only to be found by the stripping off 

 of loose bark, the uprooting of such things as may be uprooted, or the 



