38 THE WOMBAT. 



Family COCCI D/E. 



Sub-family DIASPIDIN^. 



Genus ASPIDIOTUS, Bouchc. 

 A. acaciac, Morgan. 



var. propinquus, Maskell, 1892 (N.Z. Trans.) 

 Morg. Ent. Mo. Mag., Aug. 1889, p. 353. 

 Mask. Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1892, p. 205. 



Hab. In Tasmania on Acacia pycnantha. In N.S.W. 

 on Eucalyptus, sp. 



A. aurantii, Maskell. 



sy. A. coccineus, Gennadius. 

 sy. A. citri, Comstock. 



Mask. Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1878, p. 199, ib., 1881, p. 

 217; ib., 1883, p. 120'; ib., 1891, p. 12 ; ib., 1892, p. 206; ib., 

 1894, P- 4°- Scale Ins. of N.Z. , 1887, p. 40. Riley & Howard, 

 "■ Insect Life," passim. French, Hdbk. Dest. Ins. of Vict. 



P- 53- 



Hab. In Australia on Citrus and Eucalyptus. A cosmo- 

 politan species. 



A. bossier, Maskell. 



Mask. Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1891, p. 10; ib., 1896, p. 296. 

 Hab. In Victoria on Bossiea procumbens. 



:;: A. camellI/E, Signoret. 



sy. A. rapax, Comstock, 1880. 



Sign. Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 1868, p. 117; 

 Mask. Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1878, p. 200. Scale Ins. of N.Z., 

 1887, p. 41. Morg. Ent. Mo. Mag. Aug., 1889, p. 351. 



Hab. In Victoria on Camellia. (Myrniong). A Euro- 

 pean species. 



A. casuariN/E, Maskell. 



Mask. Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1893, P« 66. 



Hab. In Australia on Casuarina equisetifolia, N.S.W. 



A. ceratus, Maskell. 



Mask. Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1894, p. 39. 



Hab. South Australia on Acacia stenophylla. 



A. cladii, Maskell. 



Mask. Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1890, p. 3; ib., 1892, p. 205; 

 ib., 1893, p. 67 ;ib., 1894, P- 3 8 5 ib., 1895, p. 385. 



Hub. InVictoria on Cladium, sp. South Australia on 

 Lepidosperma sp. N.S.Wales, on Xerotes sp. 



* Species marked thus are exotic. 



