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badly infested by this pest. Mr. Alexander Craw, San 

 Francisco, found this insect on camellia, gardenia, and 

 orange-trees from Japan. 



Series III. 

 Genus Lecanium Illig. 



28. Lecanium (Saissetia) hemisphaericum Targ. 



Lecanium hemisphcericmn Targ. Comstock, Ent. Rept. U. S. Dept. 

 Agric, 1880, p. 334. 



This species was found by the author on Phajus grandi- 

 florus (Kwaku-ran) and Gardenia Jio7'ida (Kuchinashi) in the 

 grounds of the Yokohama Nursery, Yokohama, and on 

 Schinus molle and Asparagus flumosus in a green-house in 

 Shinjiku, Tokyo. The insect was not found in the native 

 woods. This is the first time it has been recorded from 

 Japan. 



29. Lecanium (Eulecanium) takachihoi, sp. no v. 



Plate XI, Figs. 60-64. 



Adult Female.— hength 6.5 mm., width 4 mm., height 4 mm., convex; 

 dark brown in color; suboval, longitudinal carina distinct, anterior half of the 

 scale much enlarged, gradually tapering posteriorly. Abdominal cleft dis- 

 tinct. The dorsum with irregular pits. 



Under the compound microscope the skin shows hexagonal markings, and 

 round, scattered, transparent pits. Antennae seven-segmented, .5 mm. long; 

 formula, 3, 4, 7, 6, 5, 2, i; segment 3 not much longer than 4; segments 5 

 and 6 subequal; segment i shortest and stoutest; segments i to 6 with a few 

 hairs; 7 with many long ones. Legs well developed; coxa longer than wide; 

 trochanter as usual, with two hairs; femur convex on both sides, with two 

 hairs on outer margin near posterior extremity; tibia a little longer than tar- 

 sus, with two hairs on inner margin near posterior extremity and one hair on 

 the outer margin opposite the two; tarsus tapering posteriorly, and finished 

 with a curved claw; tarsal digitules long and knobbed, digitules on claw short 

 and stout. Anal plates rather small, with one or two spiny hairs at the pos- 

 terior margin. 



Newly Hatched Z,arz/a.— Length .58 mm., width .27 mm.; oval in shape; 

 pinkish in color. Antennae six-segmented, barely .2 mm. long; formula, 3, 6, 5, i 

 (2, 4); segment 3 much the longest; segment 6 with many long hairs. Mouth- 

 parts large; rostral loop reaching to about the third abdominal segment. Legs 

 large; coxa stout and long; tarsus much shorter than tibia; tarsal digitules 

 long, fine, and knobbed; digitules on claw short, small, and knobbed. One 

 long and a few short hairs on the posterior end of each anal plate. Anal 

 opening conspicuous, with six hairs. 



