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the first one lying almost entirely on the second ; bright orange- 

 yellow or slightly brown in color. 



FEMALE. Plate 8, Fig. 8. Median lobes entire or serrate, rather 

 short and broad, sometimes obscurely pointed. Second and third 

 pairs sometimes very small ; inner lobule larger than the outer. 

 Gland-spines rather long and slender, arranged as follows : i, i, 1-2, 

 1-2, 4-6. Second row of dorsal gland-orifices represented by the 

 anterior group consisting of 2 5 orifices. Third row with 4 5 orifices 

 in the anterior and 5 7 in the posterior group. Fourth row with 4 7 

 orifices in the anterior and 6 9 in the posterior group. Median 

 group of tircumgenital gland-orifices, 9 15 ; anterior laterals, 17 28 ; 

 posterior laterals, 9 17. 



SCALE OF MALE. Plate 2, Fig. i A. Length, .6 .8 mm., mod- 

 erately'but plainly tri-carinate. Exuvia pale yellow occupying one- 

 third to one-half the length of the scale. 



REMARKS. 



My attention was first called to this insect by Mr. A. H. Kirkland 

 who sent me specimens from Reading, Mass, on Cornus paniculata 

 and C. alternifolia. The Department of Agriculture contains 

 specimens on Cornus paniculata. The occurrence of the species in 

 Reading was in a nursery where a block of dogwood shrubs was 

 quite badly infested, some plants almost entirely covered near the 

 base. 



CHIONASPIS LONGILOBA n. sp. 



SCALE OF FEMALE. Plate 2, Fig. 2. Length 1.5 2 mm. Mod- 

 erately strong in texture, dirty white in color. Exuviae, 8 mm. long, 

 dull yellowish brown. 



FEMALE. Plate 8, Fig. 7. Median lobes well developed and con- 

 spicuous ; obscurely pointed, serrate. Second and third pairs with 

 the inner lobule larger than the outer ; senate. Inner lobule of the 

 second lobe long and conspicuous. The lobes of this species are 



