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United States Wild Cochineal Insect. — John Ellis, in 1757, ascertained 

 from Dr. Alexander Garden, of Charles Town, South CaroKna (U.S.A.), the 

 fact of a Wild Cochineal Insect occuring there on Cactus o'puntia {? Op. nana), 

 and combined his own description of it and that of the latter in a comprehensive 

 account of the insect and its habits, describing both male and female individuals. 

 {Vid. Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society, London, Vol. 52). 



Indian and South African Wild Cochineal. — In addition to these, there 

 are also the Coccus capensis. Green, of South Africa, and C. indicus. Green, of 

 India and Ceylon, the former introduced about 1832, and the latter in 1795 and 

 on subsequent occasions. These need not be dwelt on, except to mention that 

 they and their specific relations to particular kinds of Opuntia have been observed 

 from time to time since, for they have persistently existed in these countries. 



It is obvious to remark that it is not to be inferred that the Cochineal 

 Insects mentioned under these several different countries are in all cases distinct. 



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