608 n!0CEti)ixGS of the ttiiud entomologicai. meeting 

 Pine-apple. 

 PseudococcKS bromelice, Boiich.. 

 Locality. — Taliparamba, Malahar. 



Habits. — Within the leaf sheaths. The specie.s looks like P. longi- 

 spinus,. Targ., but I am not certain. The material is with Mr. Green for 

 identification. 



BiLWA {Mijlc marmelos). 

 Lecanium viride, Green. 

 Locality. — Coimbatore. 

 Habits. — I fonnd it pretty bad on young plants. 



Cashew {Anacardium).' 

 Ceroplastes floridensis, Comst. 

 . Locality. — Bangalore. 



Habits. — Notfoimdin numbers. 



Country almond (Terminalin catappa). 

 Lecanium nigrum, Niet. 

 Locality. — Kollegal, Coimbatore. 

 Habits. — Often bad on the foliage. 



Jak. 



There are over half-a-dozen species noted on this tree bu': only one 

 or two of the mealy-bugs often prove destructive. 



Hemichionaspis aspidistra;, Sign. 

 Locality. — Mysore uplands. 

 Remarks. — Not a pest. 



Aspidiotus triglandulosus, Green. 

 Locality. — Bangalore. 

 Remarks. — ^Not very common. 



Parlatoria artocarpi, Green. 

 Locality. — Periaghat, Western Ghats. 

 Remarks. — Not a pest. 



