1889.] 351 



It appears to be common in Florida (U. S. A.), and in Cuba. My specimens 

 were taken from Spondius lutea, and Coelogyne cristata, from Mr. O'Brien and Kew, 

 received from Mr. Douglas. 



5. ASPIDIOTUS PERSONATUS. 



Aspidiotus personatus, Comstock, 2nd Rep. Corn. Univ. Exp. St., 1883, p. 66, 



pi. iii, figs. 2 and 2a. 



This remarkable species was first discovered by Professor Comstock on leaves 



which he received from Havannah, where he mentions it infests the leaves of various 



shrubs in the public gardens. I found it on pieces of leaf of mango from Demerara, 



sent by Mr. Mclntire. 



6. ASPIDIOTUS CAMELLIA. 



Aspidiotus camellia, Sign., Ess. s. 1. Coch., p. 91, pi. iii, fig. 9 ; Maskell, 

 New Zeal. Sc. Ins., p. 41, pi. iv, fig. 2 ; nee Kermes camellice, Boisd., 

 Ent. Hort. (186V), p. 334. 



Aspidiotus rapax, Comstock, Rep. U. S. Dept. Ag., 1880, p. 307, pi. xii, fig. 

 6 ; 2nd Rep. Corn. Un. Exp. St., 1883, p. 67. 



I have already pointed out (Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xxiv, pp. 68, 79), 

 the apparent differences between A. rapax, Comstock, and A. camellice, 

 Sign., but I am now inclined to believe that the two species are identi- 

 cal, and the points of difference are due to Prof. Comstock's more 

 elaborate and exact description. I have found the species very 

 common in Portugal, living in abundance in the open air on Camellia 

 and other plants, and I can hardly think that it would not have come 

 under Dr. Signoret's notice. It is also mentioned by Maskell as 

 common in New Zealand. But it seems to me that Aspidiotus camellice 

 cannot be identical with Kermes camellice, Boisduval, because, although 

 no doubt it would be difficult from Boisduval's description to know 

 what his species is, yet it is less difficult perhaps to realize what it is 

 not. Boisduval mentions (I, c.) that it is " allonge, ovale, lineaire, 

 un peu deprime, d'un brun roux, souvent legerement arque, rappelant 

 un peu par sa forme le Kermes coquille." * * * This description 

 does not seem to me to apply at all to an Aspidiotus, and the " Kermes 

 coquille " was considered by Boisduval identical (op. cit. p. 315) with 

 Ghermes conchiformis, Gmelin, so that if his Kermes camellice is similar 

 in shape, as he suggests, to the " Kermes coquille," I should think it 

 more likely to be a Mytilaspis, and possibly, as Targioni-Tozzetti 

 suggests in his Catalogue, 1868, p. 44, M. linearis. 



7. Aspidiotus zonatus, Prauenfeld. 



I have already described this species (Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xxiv, p. 205), and 

 Mr. Douglas has also done so (Ent. Mo. Mag., vol. xxiii, p. 150). 



Found in Austria on Quercus montana, in England and Portugal on Quercus 

 robur, and in France also on the common oak. It does not appear to have been 

 found yet out of Europe. 



