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and third longest, fourth and fifth shortest. Legs small and 

 slender, the tibiae shorter than the tarsi, ano-genital ring with eight 

 hairs. 



This is an European species attacking elm trees, which is now 

 quite abundant in this country, causing injury to small trees. The 

 females usually settle in the cracks of the bark, and are quite con- 

 spicuous. The young are born alive about the middle of June in 

 Connecticut. At first they settle along the veins of the leaves, 

 chiefly on the under side, and later return to the crevices of the 

 bark on the trunk and larger branches. There is one generation 

 each year. Spraying with kerosene emulsion is the remedy. 



New Haven, 3 June, 1900; 27 June, 1901 ; 6 Aug., 22 Sept., 1917, 20 

 Sept., 1919; Southington, 2 June, 1903; Yalesville, 26 June, 191 1; South 

 Norwalk, 19 June, 1912; Colchester, 16 June, 1913; Sharon, 7 June, 1913; 

 Meriden, 12 June, 1919; Chester, 26 Aug., 1918, 7 Aug., 1919; Sound Beach, 

 9 Oct., 1918. 



Kermes Boitard. 



Globular or reniform with a hard and dull surface, from 

 3-10 mm. in diameter, conspicuous on oak twigs and resembling 

 galls. Segmentation is not distinct though sometimes revealed by 

 dark bands or rows of dark spots. 



Key to Species. 



1. Globular or nearly circular in outline when viewed from above .. 2 

 Not globular, longer than wide, or wider than long 5 



2. Surface smooth, 4-6 mm. in diameter 3 



Smaller-sized species 4 



3. Yellowish brown with four transverse bands of darker brown waldeni 



4. Surface shining, finely and sparsely pubescent ; 3-5 mm. in diameter 



pubescens 

 Surface dull, gray, 3 mm. in diameter perryi 



5. Distinctly longer than broad 6 



Distinctly broader than long 7 



6. Light yellowish brown, with darker marblings, and pale mid-dorsal 



line kingii 



Covered with white powder except on middle of dorsum nivalis 



7. Color whitish on twigs 8 



Color not whitish 9 



8. Dark gray becoming whitish on the twigs ; 6 x 7 mm gallif ormis 



Whitish becoming light yellow sassceri 



9. Dark purplish brown with distinct dark median groove on dorsum ; 



3x4 mm pettiti 



Gray speckled with black, median groove obscure or shallow; 

 5.5 x 6 mm trinotatus 



K. galliformis Riley. 



Am. Nat., xv, 482, 1881. 



Reported from Connecticut without definite records ; also from 

 Massachusetts, New York, and New Jersey. 

 K. kingii Cockerell. 



Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, ii, 330, 1898. 



