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recently received specimens from the Uganda Protectorate (C C. Gowdey),, 

 informs me that this insect is undoubtedly a species of Inglisia. 



The examples which were forwarded recently by Mr. C. C. Gowdey were 

 taken by him in the Royal Botanical Gardens, Entebbe; on Harogana 

 madagascariensis, T.iv.lO (no. 1432). 



The examples of the male puparia had nearly all been parasitized ; and 

 a large percentage of the females had been destroyed by the larvse of a 

 small Noctuid moth, which Sir George Hampson has identified as Euhlemma 

 scitula, Ramb. (Subfam. Erastriin^), an example of w^hich had hatched out 

 during transit. This moth has a very wide range, occurring in the south of 

 Europe, in India and throughout Africa. In (vape Colony, Mr. 0. P. Louns- 

 bury has bred it from Lecanhnn Jiesperidum, L. 



Lecanium mori, var. somereni, nov. 



Resembles Lecanium mori, Signoret, in shape and colour ; but has a 

 brightly polished surface and the margin is turned outwards, forming a 

 distinct and strongly defined carina all round the body of the insect. It also 

 differs from typical L. mori in having eight segments to the antennae ; a 

 character which is quite constant in all the examples prepared for micro- 

 scopical examination. Marginal spines slightly dilated and frayed at the 

 ends. Anal plates short, length slightly greater than the width. Derm glands 

 slightly larger and more numerous at the thickened margin than elsewhere. 



Length 3-50-I mm. ; width 2-2*50 mm. 



The specimens sent by Mr. Gowdey (no. 1290) were found on mulberry 

 (Morus sp.), at Kyetume, Uganda (Dr. B. Van Someren, 28. xi. 10). 



Lecanium hesperidum (L.). 



Abundant on the leaves, chiefly along the midrib, of the orange ; Bakoba,. 

 German East Africa [C. C. Gowdey^ no. 1327). No date given. 

 This is a common pest of the orange in many parts of the w^orld. 



Lecanium viride_, Green. (The Green Scale Bug.) 



Dried specimens of this insect are practically inseparable from Lecanium 

 hesjyeridum (L.) ; but the morphological characters of these species differ in 

 a marked degree. Mr. E. E. Green* gives a very interesting account of 

 this pest. He says that " it has proved such a scourge in Ceylon, being 

 practically responsible for the final abandonment of coffee cultivation over 

 the greater part of the planting districts." 



One of the most striking characters, as seen under a low power of the 

 microscope, is the large ovate or rounded spots (derm cells), which arc 

 clearly distinct in well-stained preparations. In the African material these 



* * Coccidee of Ceylon/ p. 200. 



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