No. 34-] HEMIPTERA OF CONNECTICUT! COCCIDAE. 373 



A. comstocki Johnson. 



Ent. News, vii, 151, 1896. 



Scale of female: Length 1.5-2 mm., elongated or almost semi- 

 circular, depending upon its position on leaf ; buff with exuviae 

 varying from yellow to reddish brown. 



Female : There are two pairs of lobes, the second pair often as 

 long as, or longer than the median pair, both pairs notched on the 

 outer margin near the tip; the median lobes may be notched on 

 both outer and inner margins. There are four groups of circum- 

 genital gland-orifices, anterior lateral about 6 ; posterior lateral, 4. 



Scale of male: Length i mm. cream buff or grayish white, 

 elongate oval, exuviae submarginal. 



This species is found on maple and has been recorded from New 

 York and Ohio. 

 A. cyanophylli Signoret. 



Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., ix, 119, 1869. 



Scale of female: Diameter 1.5-2 mm., circular to ovate, brown- 

 ish yellow exuviae central, bright yellow, covered by a white 

 secretion. 



Female : Median lobes very large, as broad as long, notched on 

 both margins near apex. There are four groups of circumgenital 

 gland-orifices ; anterior lateral, 4-5 ; posterior lateral, 3-5. 



Scale of male : Similar to that of female, but elliptical with 

 exuviae subcentral. 



On palms, orchids and various plants in greenhouses. 



New Haven, 9 Jan., 1904. 

 A. forbesi Johnson. Cherry scale. 



Ent. News, vii, 151, 1896. 



Scale of female : Diameter 2 mm., circular, dirty gray, exuviae 

 subcentral, covered, orange-red. 



Female: Median lobes prominent, converging, almost meeting 

 at tips, rounded apically and notched midway on outer margins. 

 The number of circumgenital gland-orifices in the five groups are 

 as follows: median, 1-4; anterior lateral, 4-7; posterior lateral, 



3-5- 



Scale of male : Length i mm., elongated, more convex and 

 darker in color than female; exuviae in front of the center, 

 orange-red. 



On plum, cherry, peach, pear, apple, quince, currant, hawthorn, 

 beech, honey locust, maple and walnut. 



This species was brought into Connecticut on nursery stock. 



New Canaan, 8 Nov., 1899; Plainville, 14 Feb., 1902; New Haven, 9 

 Dec, 1903. 



A. hederae (Vallot) nerii Bouche. Oleander scale. White scale. 

 (PI. XV, 5.) 



Mem. Acad. Dijon, 30, 1829. 



