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largest and most destructive members of the genus, but does not 
appear to increase very rapidly k Kew, HOPE several broods 
are apparently produced in a yea 
*t A. personatus, Comstock. Bx only.) On Tillandsia spp. 
The minute thimble-shaped puparium of this species readily 
distinguished it from any of its allies. It is a neotropical species, 
and is very common in the West Indies. 
A. perseae, Comst. (Females only.) On Anthurium sp. First 
xd from Kew 1889; but has not since been met with 
in any part of the British Isles. 
TA cag pea Comst. (Females only.) Previously recorded in 
error by Newstead as a cy done (Ent. Mo. Mag., 1897, p. 74). 
Occurred in. Bees bers e huge dead. leaf-stalks of the 
magnificent and are eerte epechnon of Arenga saccharifera 
from the Malay Archipelago. 
= $A. britannicus, Newstead. (Females and en ies On 
— Hi <= oe sum ; Ilex Aqu cose var. kew and on ivy 
d box abundant t, and und € edly on utl increase, and 
; mes in Pug Een a destructive a 
*A. hederae. (Females and male CUM A general feeder. 
Previously recorded under the names A. nerii, Bouché, and 
A. ales, Boisduval. A widely distributed and injurious epoetós. 
*A. cyanophylli, Signoret. shea only.) Found in small 
numbers on Miconia magnifica 
*A. dictyospermi, var. arecae, Newst. (Females only.) Sparingly 
in the Palm House on young palms. 
Gymnaspis, Newst. 
. *[G. aechmeae, Newst. (All ^ pH = T Larga male.) On 
ea aio dope This species trikin Astron 
second stage female. Its ‘city other known habitat is Rio de 
Janeiro, where it has recently been found on cultivated plants. 
It was common at Kew when first entier in 1898. 
Fiorinia, Targioni-Tozzetti. 
*1F. kewensis, News, (Females mist mes puparia.) numer 
n How ea for steri in the Temperate House. Discovered by 
Mr. G. Nic cholson in pm h, 1898. The species is Paseo for 
the dense white felted covering of the puparium. 
Parlatoria, Targ. Tozz. 
*P. pergandii var. Crotonis, Douglas. (Females and male 
p) Very common on various members of the croton 
family 
Diaspis, Costa. 
a Boisduvalii, Sign. (All stages but perfect male:) On Cocos 
neoffiana, — eliconia goeree. Nannorrhops Titchieana, 
