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* L, hemispH/KRICUM, Targioni-Tozzetti. 



var. hibemaculorum, Boisduval, 1867. 



var. cqfece, Walker. 



Targ. Stud. Sulle, Coccineglie, 1867, p. 27. Sign. Ann. 

 de la Soc. Ent. de France, 1873, p. 436. Mask. loc. cit., 

 1884, p. 29; ib., 1894, P- 59! Scale Ins. of N.Z., 1887, p 80. 

 Gillette and Baker, Hemip. Colo., p. 127. Cock. Journ. Inst. 

 Jamaica, I, p. 373. Various notes passim. 



Hab. In Victoria on Camellia japonica (Myrniong J. 

 Lidgett). In N.Z. on the same (W. M. Maskell). In S. 

 Australia on Eranthemum variegatvm (Adelaide, Mr. Quinn). 

 In Jamaica on Nephrodium sp. (T. D. A. Cockerell). On 

 many things elsewhere. 



* L. berberidis, Schrank. 



Signoret. Ann. de la Soc. Ent. de France, 1873. Mask. 

 loc. cit. 1896, p. 311, 



Hob. In Victoria on Vitis vinifera (Melbourne). A 

 European species. 



L. casuarin^e, Maskell 



Mask. Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1897, p. 240. 



Hab. In Victoria on Casuarina stricta ( = quadrivalvis) 

 (Myrniong). Found in the galleries of wood-feeding species 

 of Lepidoptera. 



* L. hesperidum, Linnaeus. 



(var. lauri, Boisduval.) 



Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 1735, II., 739. Sign., Ann. de la 

 Soc. Ent. de France, 1873, p. 399. Mask. loc. cit., 1878, p. 

 205 ; ib., 1892, p. 218 ; Scale Ins. of N.Z., 1887, p. 80. 

 Cock, " Insect Life," V., p. 245. Tryon, loc. cit., 1889, p. 

 122. 



Hab. In N.S.Wales on Citrus sp. (Sydney). In Victoria 

 on Laurus (In N.Z. on Ilex, Laitrus, Hedera, Citrus, Camellia, 

 Myrtus, Buxus, etc.) also in Europe and America on many 

 things. 



L. Melaleuca, Maskell. 



Mask. Trans. N.Z. Inst,, 1897, p. 239. 



Hab. In N.S.Wales on Melaleuca, sp. (Palmer Island, 

 Clarence River). 



L. mirificum, Maskell. 



Mask. Trans. N.Z. Inst., 1896, p. 312. 



Hab. In Victoria on Acacia peudula = myall (Goudie). 

 Probably the largest Lecanium known. 



* L. notatum, Maskell (?) 



Mask. Trans. N.Z. Inst, 1897, p. 238. 



Hab. In Victoria (?) on Pittosporum, sp. In Japan on the 

 same. I have found a species in Victoria which agrees with 

 notatum — the type of which comes from Japan. However, 

 I have made a note of interrogation. 



