300 I'KOCEEDIXGS OF THE THIRD ENTOMOLOGICAL MEETING 



Aspidiotits mmellicB, Sign. 



Ind. Mus. Notes, II, vi, p. 168 (1893) [Asf. fiarescens] ; B. J., 



XIII, p. 71 (1900) ; Mem. Dept. Agri. Ind., I, pp. 343, 353 ; 



Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 26, 37. 



This species has been found in the Nilgiris, on tea ; at Dodabetta 



(Nilgiiis), on Ficus sp. ; in Ceylon, on cinchona, Michcelia, Acacia, 



'Osbeckia and ivy ; and at Bangalore, on tea stems. 



Aspidiotus cmcnmcB, Green MS. 

 Bom. Jour. XXIII p. 135 (1914) ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 295. 

 This species has been found at Poona, on turmeric rhizomes. 



Aspidiotus cyanophylli, Sign. 

 Cocc. of Ceylon, p. 51, t. IX ; South Ind. Coccid® (MS). 

 This species has been found in the Nilgiris, on plantain leaf, Ceara 

 rubber ; and in Ceylon, on tea, cinchona, palm [?J. 



Aspidiotus cydonicB, Comst. 

 B. J. XIII, p. 71 (1900) ; South Ind. Coccidae (MS). * 

 This species has been found at Bangalore and Coimbatore, on grape, 

 fig, pear ; at Coimbatore, on fig fruit ; and in Ceylon on Ficus carica, 

 Citrus deciimana, Cycas, Cactus, palms, tea stems. 



It is widely distributed, being know i from Florida, Sandwich Islands, 

 British East Africa, Uganda, Gold Coast, Jamaica, South India. 



Aspidiotus destructor, Sign. 



Ind. Mus. Notes, III, i, p. 66 (1893) ; Bom. Jour. XIII, p. 70 



(1900), XXIII, p. 134 (1914) ; South Ind. Ins., p. 518, f. 408 ; 



Mem. Dept. Agri. Ind., II, ii, p. 33 (1908) ; Proc. Second 



Entl. Meeting, pp. 229, 239, 260, 300. 



This species has been found at Nadiad, on mango leaves ; Tinnevelly 



and Coimbatore, on coconut ; Anantapur ; in the Laccadive Islands, on 



coconut ; in Bombay, on mango ; in Ceylon, on tea, pepper, Ceara rubber, 



plantain leaf, Loranthus ; in Cochin, on coconut leaves ; at Moovathi 



(Wynaad), on coconut ; and at Pusa, on plantain leaves 



leaves. 



It occurs commonly on coconut, mango, castor, 

 screw-pine, Ceara rubber and Hevea brasilensis, and is often 



