The American Naturalist. [July, 
mesothorax pale ochreous, strongly contrasting. Abdo- 
men dark olivaceous, legs white, with a yellow tinge. 
` The pale ochreous color of the middle of the thorax is 
continued beneath, contrasting with the parts before 
and behind; eyes red. ¢ hatching at the end of 
March. 
Hab.—Japan, on stems of Edgeworthia papyrifera ; 
found by Mr. Alex. Craw in the course of his horticul- 
tural quarantine work. While the antenne are but 7- 
jointed, the legs are those of a Phenacoccus. 
(5). Erium, Crawford, ms. This name will stand for the sub- 
genus of Dactylopius without lateral cottony tufts, form- 
ing complete separate cottony sacs. The type is D. 
globosus Maskell. The species are found in America, 
the Sandwich Islands, New Zealand, Australia and S$. 
Africa. 
(6). Asterolecanium bambuse var. bambusulæ, v. nov.— 9 scale 
elongate-oval, 2 mm. long, 1 broad, dullish, not at all 
keeled, barely narrower behind than in front, where it 
is broadly rounded. Color very pale sulphur-yellow, 
dark at one end from the body of the ọ showing through. 
Fringe short, pinkish, the pairs of rods mostly diverg- 
ing at tips. @ turns in orange in KHO. Part of mar- 
gin with a single row of glands, in pairs, but not actu- 
ally touching, all very close together ; and part with in 
addition a row of very small single glands, about three 
to each two pairs of the larger paired glands. Scattered 
glands elsewhere, not numerous. 
Hab.—On stems 13. mm. diam. of a small cultivated 
bamboo. Botanic Gardens, Grenada, West Indies, col- 
lected by Mr. W. E. Broadway, Nov. 16, 1895. One 
specimen is attacked by a dark brown fungus. 
(7). Pulvinaria simulans Ckll.—Monterey, Mexico (C. H. T. 
Townsend). New to Mexico. Antenne 7-jointed. 
(8). Lecanium ceratonize Gennadios, 1895.—Found in Cyprus. 
The few words of denctijption indicate L. hesperidum, to 
which this species must be referred, unless its author 
can show some reason to the contrary. 
