7 i 4 INSECTS. HEMIPTERA. 69. Coccus. 



Pihfellct. On the roots of the Hieracium Pilofella. 

 Aa. Ups. 1742. 54. /*£. 2. 



Arlutu On the roots of the Arbutus uva urfi. 

 Body chefnut, producing a tincture. 



*Pbalapidis On the roots of grafles, particularly the Phalaris canarienfis. 



Geoffr. Inf. I. 5 1 2. 2. tab. 10. fg. 5. 

 .6^/y whitifh or pale pink, mealy. 



Crat&gi. Q n t he Crataegus oxycantha. 



Reaum. Inf. 4. tab. b.fg. tl, 12, 



* Serratula? On the Serratula arvenfis. 



Size of a pea. Shield brown, paler at the edge. 



Vitis. On the branches of the Vitis vinifera; 



Reaum. Inf. 4. tab. 6. Jig. 5 — 7. 

 JWy oblong, cinnamon-colour. 



Zoflcra. On the Zoftera marina, in the Baltic. 

 Body fmall round white ffattifh. 



Pohnicus. Q n t h e r00ts f the Scleranthus percnnis. 



Frijh. Inf. 5./. 6. /*£. 2. ^?. L^/. 1742. ta£. I. 

 Boay oblong-ovate, purple or chefnut; was formerly muck ufed 

 in dyeing. 



Cadi. On the Ca&us opuntia, or Prickly Pear tree. 



Reaum. Inf. \.tab.~j.fig. 11, 12. Degeer.6. tab. ^O.Jig. 12 — 14. 

 The female of this Infect is the true cochineal of the mops, fo 



well known for its valuable ufes in dyeing and painting: 



when ground and prepared it is fold under the name of 



Carmine. 

 Body deprefied downy tranfverfely wrinkled: abdomen purplifh ; 



legs fhort black; antennae fubulate, a third part fhorter than 



the body. 



* Cata- Snowy ; antennas and legs ferruginous. 

 foruftus. On Mofles. Naturalist's Mifcellany. tab. 182. 



Body coated with a milk white armour, the divifions of the back 

 8, the 3 upper of which are each furnifhed with a fmall fcutel 

 or appendage ; fides furrounded with projecting lamina, about 

 io each fide; eyes indfnout ferruginous. 



Dubius. 



