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53 Pinnaspis pandani Comst. 18S1. 



Found in Mass. under glass (Cockerell). Originally de- 

 scribed under the name Mytilaspis. Introduced. 

 54- Hemichionaspis aspidistrae Sis^n. 1869. 



Described as a Chionaspis; was found on fern in the depart- 

 ment greenhouse of Washington, D. C. (Cooley): on fern 

 {Pteris semilata) received from Dr. Fletcher; in a greenhouse 

 at Ottawa, Canada, 1900, also received on Cycas sp. from 

 Orono, Maine, Coll. O. O. Stover, and found on fern {Davallia 

 inoorei) in the Harvard botanical greenhouse, Cambridge, 

 Mass. (King). It is also a common greenhouse pest in Europe 

 (E. E. Green) and lives out of doors on several food plants. 

 Cited by vSignoret. Introduced. 



55. Ischnaspis longirostris Sign. i%^2, fi/i/onms \loug\. 



On palm in department greenhouse at Washington, D. C. 

 (Howard) ; on palms, Cycas and Aroids in Trinidad, and 

 Strychnos myristica and other plants in the Royal Botanical 

 Garden greenhouse, London, England. It is very common on 

 cultivated plants in the West Indies and in Australia, on palm,s 

 in greenhouses (Maskell), also found at Atlanta, Georgia, on a 

 palm, Kentia belmoriana ( W. M. Scott), and in a greenhouse at 

 Boston, Mass., on Monstcra sp. Coll. 8. Henshaw. Introduced. 



56. Fiorinia fiorinis Tnrg. 1869. 



This is recorded under several names, e.g., /^ camcllioc, 

 Uhleria camellia, Diaspis fiorinuc, Fiorinia pelhicida and 

 Chermcs areca. It has been found at Washington, D, C, on 

 Camellia, Cycas reroluia and palm Kentia belmoriana (Comst. ) ; 

 on Camellia at Baltimore, Maryland ; on Camellia japonica and 

 Cycas revoliiia in Georgia (W. M. Scott); on Kentia belmoriana 

 in conservatories at Kew, England (C. F. Morgan) and in 

 greenhouses in France (Signoret). It is found out of doors in 

 Europe and America. 



(To be continued.) 



Omeodes hexadactyla. — This species occurs also at Moscow, Idaho, 

 where I have tai<en three specimens in nine years. A fourth was seen on 

 the outside of a window, with its wings spread so as to display liie pecu- 

 liar structure ; but when I came around to the place it ii;\(] disappeared. 

 —J, M. Ahlrich, 



