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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS ' 



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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



Vol. ix. OCTOBER, 1898. No. 8. 



CONTENTS: 



Ehrhorn— New Coccidae from Califor- 

 nia 185 



Ashmead — Two new genera of sand 



wasps 187 



Rowley — Notes on Missouri Sphinges.. 189 

 Kincaid — A new species of Polyxenus. 192 

 Casey — Studies in Cephaloidae 193 



Wickham — Recollections of old collect- 

 ing grounds 195 



Editorial 199 



Economic Entomology 200 



Notes and News 201 



Entomological Literature 203 



Doings of Societies 207 



NEW COCCID/E FROM CALIFORNIA. 



By Edw. M. Ehrhorn. 



Kermes cockerelli n. sp. 9- — Scale 5 mm. long 4.5 mm. broad and 4 

 mm. high, deeply segmented, dorsum usually marked with black lines 

 and spots along the sutures, some specimens not showing any. There is 

 a broad, median, longitudinal groove, where the segmentation is obso- 

 lete; on each side of this the segments are strongly gibbous. Color light 

 brown, without any conspicuous black specks; derm, by transmitted light, 

 brown with numerous oval glands, several large pustulse on body. An- 

 tennae very small, 6-jointed, 3 very large, longer than the three following 

 together; the others short, very little longer than 5, 4 shortest. Larva 

 elongated oval, rather more than twice as long as broad, yellow, greatest 

 breadth behind the middle of body. Eyes red, caudal tubercles quite 

 large, each bearing one long bristle and three stout spines, one near 

 bristle and one on the outer and inner margin of tubercle. On the ante- 

 rior margin of the head are six bristles; the sides of the abdominal seg- 

 ments are armed with stout, but not very long bristles. Antennae cylin- 

 drical, 6-jointed, formula (36) (12) 45, last joint rounded at tip with several 

 hairs, one very long; rostral loop extending half way between base of 

 third pair of legs and anal ring. Legs quite large, claw long and curved; 

 tibia shorter than tarsus. 



Hab.— On twigs of Quercus lobata at Mountain View, Cal. 

 Very much parasitized by undetermined Chalcid. 



