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Derm pores small, arranged in irregular or broken rows radiating 

 from the center of the body; surface irregularly roughened; 

 body convex, derm heavily chitinized ; not occurring on conifers corni 

 6. Body small, nearly globular, dark red; a compound row of small 



derm pores extending forward from the anal plates prunastri 



Body large, convex, dark reddish brown ; derm pores small, regu- 

 larly arranged though not as in prunastri or corni pruinosum 



L. caryae Fitch, cockerelli Hunter. Hickory Lecanium. 



Rept. Ins. N. Y., iii, 443, 1856. 



The largest species of the genus being 10-13 mm. long and 

 7-9 mm. broad. Occurs on hickory, elm, sycamore, black walnut, 

 and wild red cherry. 



Reported from Maine, Massachusetts, and Ohio. 



Cheshire, 26 Aug., 19 18 (B. H. W.) ; Bran ford, 1 June, 1922. 

 L. corni Bouche. cerasifex, juglandifex, corylifex, fitchii, 

 armeniacum, canadense, kingii, fraxini. (PL xiii, 8.) 



Stett. Ent. Zeit, v, 298, 1844. 



A medium-sized, very convex species, occurring throughout the 

 state on a great number of hosts including rose, blackberry, ash, 

 chestnut, elm, linden, maple, peach, plum, and pear. 



Our records are as follows : Ansonia, Berlin, Bethany, Bethel, Branford, 

 Bridgeport, Cheshire, Chester, Danbury, East Hartford, Farmington, 

 Haddam, Guilford, Killingworth, Lyme, Madison, Meriden, Middletown, 

 Milford, New Haven, New London, New Milford, Norwalk, Norwich, 

 Oneco, Plainville, Plantsville, Pomfret, Ridgefield, Rockville, Southington, 

 Sterling, Stratford, Waterbury, Waterville, Wethersfield, Windsorville, 

 West Cornwall, and West Haven. 



L. fletcheri Cockerell. 



Can. Ent., xxv, 221, 1893. 



This is a small species occurring on Arbor-vitae. It has not yet 

 been taken in Connecticut but has been reported from Canada, 

 Massachusetts, and New York. 



L. nigrofasciatum Pergande. Eulecanium. Terrapin scale. 

 (PL xiv, 1.) 



Bull. 18, n. s., Div. Ent, U. S. Dept. Agr., 26, 1898. 



A small convex species common on the twigs of soft maple and 

 many other native and introduced trees and shrubs. It lives over 

 winter in a half grown condition, and is of considerable economic 

 importance, occurring throughout the state. 



Bridgeport, Bristol, Danbury, Deep River, Durham, Forestville, Hartford, 

 Milford, Middletown, New Haven, Norwich, Seymour, South Glastonbury, 

 Thompsonville, Watertown. 

 L. prunastri Fonscolombe. Globular scale. 



Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., iii, 423, 1873. 



This small dark red, almost globular species is found on plum, 

 cherry, and peach in central Pennsylvania where it is a pest. It 

 has not yet become distributed throughout the eastern United 

 States, though it is said to be rather common in Europe. It has 



