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REPORT UPON A COLLECTION OF 



Orthezia insignis Douglas. 



Previous records. A widely distributed tropical and greenhouse 

 species. 



Lower California records. Abundant upon Capsicum sp. ("Chile") 

 in a garden at La Paz. 



Genus ASTEROLECANIUM. 



Asterolecanium pustulans (Ckll.). 



Fig. 2. 



Previous records. A widely distributed species in the neotropical 

 region on numerous hosts. 



Fig. 2. Asterolecanium pustulans (Ckll.).: A, adult female; B, anal lobes, left 

 half dorsal, right half ventral; C, type of duct; D, types of pores, the 

 larger pore from the dorsum, the smaller from the marginal series ; E, pores 

 of the marginal series. 



Lower California records. From oleander at La Paz and Miraflores, 

 Vachellia farnesiana at Todos Santos and mango at San Bartolo. 



Habit. Normally a pit- forming species, but the examples from mango 

 and Vachellia were not in pits. The dorsum, when not rubbed, is covered 

 with great numbers of short, curling, reddish wax filaments. 



Morphological characteristics. Adult female (on slide) .9 mm. long, 

 the body (Fig. 2A) nearly circular with the anal region projecting 

 slightly. Pores of the 8-shaped type abundant on the dorsum, slightly 



