Indian Museum Notes. [Vol. V. 



The next records appear in the ' Indian Museum Notes ', Volume 

 II, No. i (1891), page 59, where the late Mr. W. M. Maskell de- 

 scribes Aspidiotus these, Chionaspis these and Eriochiton cajani. 

 On page 17 of the same part Chionaspis aspidistrse is recorded 

 from the Areca palm. 



In Volume II of the same publication, No. 6 (1893), page 168, 

 Lecanium viride is reported from South India, and Dactylopius 

 adonidum from Mysore. 



In Volume III, No. 5 (1894), page 21, Mr. Newstead adds to the 

 list several new species collected in Madras, viz., Pulvinaria obscurely 

 Dactylopius ceriferus (= D. vir gains, Ckll.), D. viridis, Aspidiotus 

 orientalist and records leery a segyptiaca Dough, from the same 

 locality. 



Volume IV, No. 2 (1896), contains records of Carteria decorella, 

 Mask, and Chionaspis prunicola, var. these. Mask, from tea plants ; 

 and Aspidiotus ficus from orange trees. 



Aspidiotus moorei and A. artocarpi were described by myself in 

 the ' Ent. Mo. Mag.,' Volume VII (1896), page 199, from Madras and 

 Bombay respectively. 



Ceronema japonica recorded by Mr. Maskell from the tea plant in 

 India (Trans. New Zealand Institute, 1898,) will, I think, complete the 

 list, making a total of but twenty-six species to the credit of the vast 

 continent of India. 



Dr. Watt's collection contains the following species : — 



1. Aspidiotus aurantii Mask. — On stems of rose bushes : Tezpor 

 district. 



2. Aspidiotus camellia Sign. — Received from Darjeeling as doing 

 considerable damage to tea plants ; and found by Dr. Watt through- 

 out Assam. 



3. Aspidiotus dictyospermi, Morg. var. arecse, Newst. — (Plate i, 

 figs. 1-3). On leaves of an undetermined shrub from the Kangra 

 district. 



Both type and variety of the species were originally described 

 from Demerara. I have found the same insect in Ceylon upon various 

 plants, including tea. Under the name of Diaspis pinnulifera, 

 Maskell describes an insect that corresponds in every particular with 

 the above species. He somewhat doubtfully refers his insect to the 

 genus Diaspis, having received Diaspidiform male scales with the 

 puparia of the females. It is probable that these male scales belonged 



