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pest of coconut. It is very widely distributed and is known from British 

 Guiana, Zanzibar, South Africa, British East Africa, Uganda, and the 

 •Gold Coast. 



Asfidiotus diclyospermi, Morg. 



Ind. Mus. Notes, IV, p. 119 (1899) ; Bom. Jour. XIII, p. 68, 

 XVI, p. 345 ; South Ind. Coccidee (MS). 

 This species has been found at Bangalore, on Dendrobium 

 Coconada, on Mimusops elengi ; in Ceylon, on Cycas, Opuntia and Calo- 

 phylliim ; and in North India, on tea. 



Asfidiotus hartii. 

 Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, p. 295. 

 Specimens on turmeric rhizomes at Poona were identified by Mr. 

 Green as A. hartii, which is a West Indian species ; and possibly the 

 identification was a mistake for A. curcumw. 



Asfidiotus latanice, Sign. 

 A. cydonicB, Gr. 



Mem. Dept. Agri. Ind., II, p. 33 ; Bom. Jour. XIII, p. 69 ; 



South Ind. Coccidae (MS). ; Proc. Second Entl. Meeting, 



pp. 214, 232, 239, 257. 



This species has been noticed at Coimbatore, on Ficus carica, sissal 



hemp, Carissa carandas ; Madras, on Neriuni odoriim ; Coonoor, on peach ; 



Calcutta, on Phcenix sp., ; Bombay, on Citrus, bamboo, Poinciana 



regia ; Pusa, on Zizypkus jujuba, Xylojjhylla elongafa, Dulbergia sissu ; 



Bangalore, on guava leaves, tamarind fruit ])ods ; Muzaffarpur ; and 



Poona, on orange leaves. 



It is also foimd on tamarind fruits, plantain leaves, Ficus carica, 

 Dalbergia sissu, guava, XylofJiylla elongata, Ziztjfhus jujuba. 



Asfidiotus orientalis, Newst. 



Ind. Mus. Notes, II, v, p. 26 (1894), IV, 4 (1896) [osbecliiw] ; 



B. J., XIII, p. 69 (1900), XXIII, p. 135 (1914) ; Proc. 



Second Entl. Meeting, pp. 216, 234, 239, 257, 266. 



This species has been found at Pusa, on plantain leaves. Cassia 



fistula, Ficus religiosa, Melia azadirachta, Zizyfhiis jujuba, D. sissu ; 



in South India, on tamarind fruits ; Bombay, on roses ; Ceylon, on 



Osbeckia sp. ; Guntur, on Solatium melongena ; Poona ; Ahmadnagar, 



