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(Itaya-kaede) in Osaka, on Diospyros kaki in Chikujo-gun, 

 Kiushiu, on rose in Gifu-ken, on apple in Tokyo, on Cor- 

 nus macrophylla (Mizuki) and Osmanthus fragrans (Moku- 

 sei) in the Yokohama Nursery, Yokohama, and on Hibiscus 

 syriacits (Mukuge) in Sendai. 



This scale is widely distributed and is very destructive to 

 the ornamental trees and plants. 



65. Parlatoria proteus Curt. 



Parlatoria proteus Curt. Signoret, Essai, 1867, p. 450. Craw, Rept. 

 Calif. State Bd. Hort, 1897-98, p. 112. Maskell, Eiit. Mon. Mag., Vol. 

 XXXIII, 1897, p. 241. 



This species was found by the author on Angrcecum fal- 

 catum (Furan) in Yokohama. A. Craw, San Francisco, 

 has recorded it on orange-tree, and A. Koebele on camellia 

 and Machilus from Japan. 



Genus Fiorinia Targ. 

 66. Fiorinia fioriniae (?) Targ.-Tozz. 



Fiorinia fiori7iice (?) Target-Tozzini. Signoret, Essai, 1896, p. 449. 



This species was found by the author on fern in the 

 Yokohama Nursery, Yokohama. A. Craw, San Francisco, 

 has also recorded it on camellia from Japan. 



67. Fiorinia fioriniae Targ.-Tozz. japonica, var. nov. 



This variety differs from the typical F. fiorinice by having 

 numerous spinnerets, particularly in the lateral groups: — 



Anterior group, 3 to 4; anterior lateral groups, 16 to 22; posterior lateral 

 groups, 24 to 27. The other characters are identical. 



Found by the author on Podocar-pus chinensis (Maki) in 

 the grounds of the Nishigahara Experiment Station, Tokyo, 

 and Gifu-ken, and on Pinus sp. in Shiga-ken. 



