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864. Coccus ventralis (Ehrh.). 



Lecanium ventrale Ehrh., Can. Ent., xxx, p. 245 (189S). 



Ckll. & Parr., The Industrialist, p. 230 (1899). 

 Habitat. — California (in Japanese nursery): Japan.? 



865. Coccus viridis (Green). 

 Lecanium viride Green, Ent. Mon. Mag., xxv, p. 248 (1889). 



" " Cotes, Ind. Mus. Notes, i, pp. 49, 117 (1889). 



" " " Ins. Life, ii, p. 17 (1889). 



" " " Ind. Mus. Notes, ii, p. 168 (1893). 



" " " " " " iii. No. 6, p. 18 (1894). 



" " Ckll., Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus., xvii, p. 619 (1895). 



" " Green, Cocc. Ceylon, pt. i, pp. i, 2, 7 (1896). 



" " " Rep. Roy. Bot. (iard., Ceylon, p. 14 (1899). 



" " deCharm., Pr. Soc. Amic. Scien., p. 41 (1899). 



" " Hemp., Rev. Mus. Paul., iv, p. 434 ([900). 



" " Zimm., Bull. Inst. Bot. Buitenzorg, No. 10, p. 25 (1901). 



Habitat. — Ceylon; Brazil; Mauritius. 

 On Cinchona; Citrus; Gardenia; guava ; tea: coffee. 



Coccus viridis africanus (Newst.). 

 Lecanium viride var. africanum Newst., Ent. Mon. Mag., xxxiv, p. 95 (1898). 

 Habitat. — West Africa. 

 On coffee leaves. 



866. Coccus watti (Green). 

 Lecanium watti Green, Ind. Mus. Notes, v, p. 6 (19C0). 

 Habitat. — Assam. 

 On tea plant. 



Genus MESOLECANIUM Ckll. Type, nocturnum. 

 Mesolecanium Ckll., Ann. Mag. N. H., (7), ix, p. 451 (1902). 

 867. Mesolecanium baccharidis (Ckll.). 



Lecanium baccharidis Ckll., Am. Nat., xxix, p. 174 (1895). 

 " " Berk, Riv. Pat. Veg., iv, p. 379 (1896). 



" " Iher., Rev. Mus. Paul., ii. p. 408 (1897). 



" " Hemp., " " '• iv. p. 435 (1900). 



Mesolecanium " Ckll., Ann. Mag. N. H., (7), ix, p. 452 (1902). 



Habitat. — Brazil. 

 On Baccharis dracunculifolia. 



868. Mesoiecanium batatce (Ckll.). 



Lecanium batata; Ckll., Ann. Mag. N. H., (6),xvi, p. 61 (1S95). 

 Mesolecanium " " " " "' (7), ix. p. 452 (1902). 



Habitat. — Antigua. 



On roots of Ipomoea batatas (sweet potato). 



