COCCIDAE FROM LOWER CALIFORNIA 



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Chionaspis pinifoliae (Fitch). 



Previous records. Widely distributed throughout the United States 

 on various conifers. 



Lower California records. From Pinus cembroides at La Laguna. 



Chionaspis quercus Comst. 



Previous records. Widely distributed throughout the United States 

 on various species of oaks. 



Lower California records. From Quercus brandegeei at Triunfo, 

 Santiago and La Laguna. 



Genus LEPIDOSAPHES 



Lepidosaphes acuta n. sp. 



Figs. 32, 33. 



Type from an undetermined shrub at Cabo San Lucas. 

 Habit. Occurring on the twigs. Scale of the female of the type 

 common to the genus, white, about 2.5 mm. long, the exuviae covered 

 with secretion. Scale of male resembling that of female in form and 

 texture. 





Fig. 32. Lepidosaphes acuta n. sp. : A, adult female ; B, pygidial margin of first 

 stage; C, antenna of first stage. 



Morphological characteristics. Adult female (Fig. 32A) about 2 

 mm. long, the derm tending to be quite heavily chitinized, especially on 

 the cephalothorax. Cephalothorax elongate, with faint intersegmental 

 constrictions, not sharply separated from the abdomen. Margins of the 



