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but it lias a wide geographical range elsewhere. Fernald gives New Zealand; 

 Hawaiian Islands ; Formosa ; Ceylon ; China ; Japan ; California. 



The food-plants recorded are (Itrus, Coffee, Tea, Guava, Cinchona, 

 Pittosporum, &c. 



Mr. C. C. Gowdey states that in Uganda this species is found in numbers 

 on the native rubber-tree (Fiintumia elastlca), occurring usually on the upper 

 surface of the leaves and along the principal veins. 



Aspidiotus lataniae, Signoret. 



The dry puparia of this Coccid so closely resemble those of Aspidiotus 

 xlestructor^ Sign., that it is ])ractically impossible to separate the two species 

 or to gain any clue as to their specific identity. The females of the 

 respective species are, however, easily separable by the character of the 

 pygidia. In A. destructor the median lobes are narrower and shorter than 

 the second pair_, and the median pair of spines are twice the length of the 

 former ; whereas the median lobes in A. latanice are considerably larger than 

 the second pair and the median spines are short. Both species also infest 

 palms of various kinds as w^ell as other plants. A. destructor has already 

 been recorded from Africa (Leonardi) and I have recently received specimens 

 from German East Africa through the Berlin Zoological Museum. 



Hitherto A. latanice has not been recorded, so far as one can gather, from 

 Africa, but this insect has a wide distribution and is a rather troublesome 

 pest to cocoanut-palms in other countries. The examples sent by Mr. Gowdey 

 from Uganda are also stated to be found on palms. 



Aspidiotus cydoniae, Comstock. 



The examples are all females, a large percentage being immature or 

 " second-stage.^^ The circumgenital glands are rather fewer in number than 

 has been hitherto observed ; otherwise they are quite typical. 



This is a widely distributed insect and also a general feeder^ the principal 

 plants attacked being Quince, Palms, Citrus spp., and Tea. 



The Uganda specimens were also found on palms, apparently in company 

 with the preceding species, with which they had been confused. 



Puparia of a Species of Fsyllidje infesting Orange, 



It is not possible to determine this insect from the puparium only ; but in 

 ill! probability it will prove to be an undescribed species. The puparia so 

 -closely resemble those of certain kinds of Aleurodes that they were in the 

 first instance referred to this genus. On a more careful examination of the 

 integument small rudiilientary wing-sheaths were found, the presence of 



