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Chap. IV, relates to the Conchaspine. On June 9, 1892, being the 
first anniversary of our wedding day, my wife and I, then living in 
Jamaica, celebrated the occasion by a trip to Hope Gardens. It was 
on this occasion that Conchaspis was discovered. The next year, Mr. 
Newstead reported the same genus (as Pseudinglisia) and apparently 
the same species, in an English hot-house. Now Mr. Green describes 
a very distinct new species (C. socialis) from Ceylon, and for the first 
time makes known the ¢; and I may add that Prof. Townsend has 
found in Mexico, on Phemicria at Vera Cruz, still another species, which 
I shall publish as C. newsteadi. 
Chap. V treats of the Diaspine, with a very admirable introduction. 
The genera found in Ceylon are Aspidiotus, Aonidia, Mytilaspis, Dias- 
pis, Fiorinia and Chionaspis. The absence of Parlatoria and Isehnas- 
pis is noteworthy. In the writer’s opinion, two or three new genera 
should be added to those listed by Mr. Green. The extraordinary 
Aonidia corniger Green, is unquestionably the type of a new genus, 
which may be called Greeniella, distinguished by the long radiating 
processes of the scale, and the simple pygidium of the 9, armed, how- 
ever, with long irregular terminal processes. Aonidia bullata Green, 
and Fiorinia secreta Green, also obviously require new generic names. 
Aspidiotus ficus is credited to “ (Riley) Comstock,” it should pro- 
perly be credited to Ashmead, who first seenbed it. Riley expressly 
disclaimed responsibility at the time. For A parens or latanie are 
described and figured two different sabiei of 3, one reddish, the 
other pale yellow with a reddish thoracic band. The latter is the 
typical transparens. The species described as A. cyanophylli is appar- 
ently not Signoret’s insect of that name; at all events, specimens sent 
to me by Mr. Green are distinct. These are on Oycas from Kandy, 
and will be published elsewhere as A. greenii. In Aspidiotus secretus, 
Mr. Green describes for the first time the adult 9. Under } 
amygdali, it is noted, among other things, that the females (not the 
scale) on Callicarpa lanata are bright pink. Diaspis fagree Green, is 
a very interesting species, for while the 9? is like an Aulacaspis, the 3 
scale has no trace of carination. 
One of the interesting facts developed is that of the gall-producing 
propensities (if one may so speak) of Grevia orientalis. On this plant 
are found three galls, outwardly almost identical, one due to Aspidio- 
tus occultus, one to Fiorinia secreta, and the third to a fungus! And 
what makes the case so extraordinary is, that these are the only true 
! 
‘gall-producing Diaspine known 
