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The Chilian Margarodes.— I expect we shall have to call this insect 

 (see p. 86) Margarodes vitas after all, notwithstanding Philippi's strange 

 mistake regarding its nature ; but if we agree to reject the name vitis, we 

 still cannot accept that now proposed by Mr. E. C. Reed, since Giard 

 described the species last year as M. vitium. — T. D. A. Cockerell. 



Wasps in England.— On pages 284 and 334 of the last volume of 

 " Insect Life," reference was made to the extraordinary abundance of 

 wasps in Great Britain during the Summer of 1893, the result probably of 

 the long-continued dry weather of the Spring of that year. 



Mr. Henry CuUum, of Utah, has recently sent a clipping from the 

 Western Daily Press, of Bristol, England, dated June 27, 1894, in which 

 the statement is made that the Chew Magna Horticultural Society en- 

 deavored to reduce the plague by offering the present season a reward of 

 kd. per dozen for queen wasps delivered dead to the Society. Over two 

 thousand had been sent in up to the date of the publication, and the 

 editor of the Press advocated the adoption of this plan by other horticul- 

 tural and agricultural societies throughout the kingdom. 



DiASPis lanatus— AMYGDALi.— Mr. Maskell writes that he has examined 

 Diaspis amygdali Tryon, 1889, on peach from Queensland, and finds it 

 to be the same species as D. lanatus Morg. and Ckll., 1891. He says ; 

 "The only differences which I can detect are the very, very slightly less 

 incised terminal lobes o{ amygdali, and a very small increase in the num- 

 ber of spinnerets in some specimens. ' ' I have never seen authentic amyg- 

 dali ; but in the Rept. Dept. Agriculture for 1893, amygdali is stated to 

 be distinct from lanatus, differing in size, color of $ scale, and method 

 of work. Nevertheless, I am strongly inclined to agree with Mr. Maskell 

 that the species called amygdali and lanatus are all one, the apparent 

 differences being only varietal. The species which must be called D. 

 amygdali is now known from the following countries : United States, 

 West Indies, Australia, Ceylon and Japan. The positive evidence of its 

 occurrence in Japan is derived from an examination of specimens collected 

 by Mr. Takahashi, and sent to me by Mr. Howard. More detail will be 

 given on this point hereafter.— T. D. A. Cockerell. 



