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Fcstuca spp. All records from this host plant are probably Briopeltis 

 festiicae or E. lichtensteinii, the latter being probably a synonym 

 of the first. This species is covered by a cottony sac in the last 

 stages, just before oviposition, but appears to be naked in its early 

 stages of growth. 



Triticuni repens. This record is probably for the preceding species. 



Querciis sessiliflora. Regarding this "Kermes," Reh, Allg. Zeitschr. 

 Ent., 8, 1903, p. 355, states : "der 'Kermes du Chene' der f ranzosi- 

 schen Autoren ist Lccaninm pulchrum King." This statement 

 probably applies to this record from the list of Giraud and Laboul- 

 bene. 



Lanrus cerasus. A number of Lecaniine species have been reported 

 from Lanrus. The most common is Coccus hespcridnm, but it is 

 impossible to suggest any certain genus and species for this record. 



Sali.v spp. This coccid is possibly Lccaninm caprcac, but might be 

 one of several Lecaniine species. 



Pinus picca. This reference is probably to Physokcrmcs piccac, al- 

 though it might refer to one of several species. 



Alnus sp. Probably refers to Lecanium coryli. 



Acer sp. Possibly Lccaninm corni, but might be one of several 

 species. 



Ostrya vulgaris. Perhaps Lecanium corni, but might be one of sev- 

 eral species. 



Crataegus sp. Might be any one of several species of Lecanium. 



Car pinus sp. Probably Lecanium coryli, but might be one of several 

 species. 



Aesculus sp. Probably Lecanium coryli. 



Ulmus sp. Might be one of several species of Lecanium or even 

 Gossyparia spuria. 



Regarding the taxonomic position of the Genus Kermes 

 Boit., this genus has at various times been included with the 

 Lecaniine scale insects, and with the large group of the mealy- 

 bugs, as recognized by Cockerell and by the Fernald Catalogue 

 of Coccidae. Of recent years, however, there has been a grow- 

 ing tendency to consider this single genus as a separate group 

 of the Coccidae having subfamily value as compared with the 

 subfamilies at present recognized. The name Hemicoccinac 

 is given to this group. What its ultimate position in the clas- 

 sification of the family will be it is impossible to state, but at 

 present it seems a little more closely related to the Lecaniinae 

 (or Coccinae) than to any other subfamily. 



