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*' Pink-tree Blight, *^'. strobi. Black, pubescent, subpriiinose ; a 

 dorsal row of white meal-like spots on the tergum; fore wings 

 with the costal margin, the apical and two inner basal nerves, 

 black. Length, 0-20. Common on branches of the white 

 pine, giving to the bark of infested trees a peculiar black 

 appearance. Belongs to a nondescript genus, intermediate 

 between this and Lachnus. No. 867, male; 868, female. 



BRYSOCRYPTA. Halliday, 



Witch-hazel Brysocrypta, *J5. hamamelidis. Males black, 

 pruinose; wings hyaline; nerves brown; legs whitish; knees 

 and tarsi black. Larva smaller, brown. Length, 0*09. Inhabits 

 conical follicles on the upper surface of witch-hazel leaves; 

 each follicle contains about a dozen individuals, and has a 

 small orifici in the under surface of the leaf. No. 869, male; 

 870, larva; 871, its follicle. 



FAMILY^ COCCID.F.. 



Our species of this family have not as yet been investigated in their 

 living state. The dried shield-like bodies of the dead females have 

 been met w^ith on several of our indigenous trees. In addition to the 

 species so abundant u2:)on the apple-tree, and currently regarded as the 

 ^^ Coccus arhorwn-linearis of Geoffroy, (specimen No. 872,) the 

 following may serve as New York examples of this family: The Wil- 

 ^^ low Coccus, * C. saUcis, is ferruginous with obsolete black spots, 

 has an oval nearly hemispheric form, and measures 20 in length, 

 (No. 873.) The Linden Coccus, * C. tilice^ the largest of our 

 ^' species that liave been observed, is ferruginous, hemispheric, and 

 measures 0-24, (No. 874.) Both these species have the usual slit at the 

 posterior end, and are wrinkled transversely. 

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