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793. Vinsonia steilifera iWestw.). 



Coccus steilifera Westvv., Pr. Eiit. Soc. Lond., pp. 3, iii (1S71). 

 Vinsonia pulchella Sign., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., (5), ii, p. 34 {1872). 

 Coccus stellifer " " " " " " vi, p. 608 (1S76). 



Vinsonia steilifera Dougl., Ent. I\Ion. Mag., xxv, p. 152 (1SS8). 



" " CklL, Card. Chron., (3), xiii, p. 548 (1893). 



" " " Jn. Trin. Nat. Club, i, p. 307 (1894). 



" " " Bull. Bot. Dep. Jam., p. 100 (1895). 



" " " Jn. Trin. Nat. Club, ii, p. 307 (1896). 



" " " Check List, p. 330 (1896). 



" " Green, Ind. Mus. Notes, iv, p. 8 (1896). 



" " de Charm., Pr. Soc. Amic. Scien., p. 38 (1S99). 



" " Hemp., Rev. Mus. Paul., iv, p. 477 (1900). 



" " Lefroy, Scale Ins. Less. Antil., p. 41 (1901). 



Habitat. — Trinidad; Jamaica; Antigua; Barbados; Demerara ; Gre- 

 nada; Brazil; Central America ; California; Ceylon. 



On orchids; ferns; guava; mango; nutmeg; cocoanut-palm. etc. 



Genus CTENOCHITON Mask. Type, viridis. 



Ctenochiton Mask., N. Z. Trans., xi, p. 208 (1878); Ins. Nox. Agr. N. Z., p. 

 65 (1887): CklL, Can. Ent., -xxxi, p. 332 (1899). 



794. Ctenochiton araucariag Green. 

 Ctenochiton(?) araucariae Green, Ann. Mag. N. H., (7), vi, p. 449 (1900). 

 Habitat. — Australia. 

 On Araucaria. 



795. Ctenochiton aztecus Towns. & Ckll. 

 Ctenochiton aztecus Touns. & Ckll., Jn. N. Y. Ent. Soc, vi, p. 176 (1898). 

 Habitat. — Mexico. 

 On " Cafetilla cimarron." 



796. Ctenochiton ceiluiosus Ckll. 

 Ctenochiton ceiluiosus Ckll., \'ictorian Naturalist, xvi, p. 88 (1S99). 



Habitat. — Australia. 



797. Ctenochiton dacrydii Mask. 

 Ctenochiton dacrydii Mask., N. Z. Trans., xxiv, p. iS (1891). 



Habitat. — New Zealand. 

 On Dacrj^dium cupressinum. 



798. Ctenochiton depressus Mask. 

 Ctenochiton depressus Mask., N. Z. Trans., xvi, p, 132 (18S3). 



" " " Ins. Nox. Agr. N. Z., p. 66 (18S7). 



" " " N. Z. Trans., xxiv, p. 19 (1891). 



Habitat. — New Zealand. 

 On Plagianthus ; Cyathea, etc. 



