Fig. 45. — Wild Cochineal — Coccus confvsus Newsfeadi — on Nopalea ccchinelifera, 



Antigua, West Indies. 



Fig. 46. — The Cape Wild Cochineal — Coccus confusus capcnsis- 

 on 0. monacantha. Capetown, South Africa. 



Photo., E. 0. Essig, State Commission of Horticulture of California. 

 Fig. 47.— Wild Cochineal on Opvmtia. Bonita, Southern California. The tubular coverings of the male 



insects are recognisable. 



