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near the end, coxae a little longer than trochanter; tibia at least as long 

 as femur, tarsus about three-fifths length of tibia; claw small; tarsal digi- 

 tules short, not extending as far as those of claw; claw digitules filiform, 

 but with tolerably large knobs. Dermis chitinous, with scattered round 

 gland-spots, which are most numerous and largest near the margin; anal 

 plates of the same color as the dermis, not darkened; marginal spines 

 small and entire; a short distance from the margin are numerous small 

 tubular glands; newly hatched larva very pale yellowish, with a slightly 

 translucent dorsal line, appearing dark when the insect is on a dark 

 ground; no true markings. 



Hab. — Numerous on bark of twigs of deciduous magnolia in 

 Japanese nursery at San Jose\ Cal., June 12, 1897 (E. M. Ehr- 

 horn). Presumably introduced from Japan. It is a species of 

 Ezdecanium; from armeniacum it differs in the young as well as 

 the adult; the scale is something like berberidis, but the antennae, 

 and especially the legs, are quite different; it is also rather like 

 genista, but differs in the antennae. The species has been alluded 

 to in "California Fruit Grower," July 3, 1897, p. 5. 



COLLECTING IN THE TIERRA CALIENTE. 



By O. W. Barrett. 



All Mexico is divided into two parts: open barren upland, hot 

 and damp lowland. An imaginary line may be drawn along the 

 Atlantic slope of Central America from north to south and 500 

 feet above that line is temperate, while 500 feet below is tropical 

 climate. The mesa is not a desert, neither is the tierra caliente 

 a jungle in toto, but they are vastly different regions. 



The aspect is more varied in the low country — reedy, swampy 

 areas alterating with primeval forest and chaparral wastes. From 

 May to October the rivers rise and transform the broad grassy 

 plains along their banks into shallow lakes; and the forests be- 

 come dark, steaming hot-houses. During the Winter months, 

 or dry season, a part of the flora dries up and Nature rests as 

 much as she can. 



Can the collector work during the rainy season ? By spread- 

 ing his specimens in the sun every day or two and wrapping the 

 boxes in oil-cloth at night with plenty of naphthaline he can save 

 a good per cent, of the collected material; yet mildew and the 

 accursed ants will get in somehow. Where storage is such a 





