1054 The American Naturalist. [December, 
Inglisia has five New Zealand species, and until last year was sup- 
posed to be confined to that island. But in 1893 Mr. Maskell de- 
scribed one from Australia, while this year I have described a species 
from Trinidad in the neotropical region. 
Ceroplastes has its metropolis in the neotropical region, with thirteen 
supposed species, some of the most doubtful validity. One only is na- 
tive in the nearctic region, and that to the south (New Mexico and 
Northern Mexico), as C. rusci isin Europe. One is Ethiopian, two 
Australian, and two Oriental. Of the last mentioned, C. ceriferus, 
which produces the Indian White Wax, appears to be also widely dis- 
tributed in the neotropical region. Can it be a survival in both re- 
gions, like the tapir—though not, like that, differentiated into species ? 
Lecanium presents nearly 90 species, several of which, however, may 
not be valid. The Eulecanium series is abundant and widely distrib- 
uted in the Palearctic and nearctic regions, but I do not know a single 
Eulecanium from elsewhere, In the tropics the Bernardia section, 
with few but very destructive species, takes its place. The neotropical 
species, when we eliminate those introduced from elsewhere, amount to 
only eight, only one of which (begoniw) is a Bernardia, and the en- 
demic character of that is a matter for serious doubt. But who shall 
say that L. olew and hemisphericum, which belong to Bernardia, are 
not neotropical, since they are now so widely spread that their native 
country cannot be learned? The Oriental species, so far as endemic, 
are but six, while three peculiar forms are recognized as endemic in 
Australia. In New Zealand, Mr. Maskell has found but one new spe- 
cies, and that is extremely near to L. olec. 
The above notes will suffice for the purpose intended, though many 
genera, including the Diaspins, are passed over. Defective as our 
knowledge is, we seem to see some glimmering of light, which should 
spur us on to furthet discoveries which will give a sound foundation to 
our knowledge of Coceid distribution.—T. D. A. COCKERELL, New 
Mex. Agr. Exper. Station. . 
Securing Moth's Eggs.—J. B. Lembert describes? the following 
method of securing eggs of moths: “ When I take an Arctia ornata 9 
and she is ready to lay eggs, the moment she shows signs of being stu- 
pefied in the cyanide bottle, I take her out, close the wings over her 
back, and placefher in a paper envelope; as soon as she revives she 
will commence to scratch the paper with her legs; I then shake the 
envelope, and if she has given up some eggs, I take them out, give her 
* Can. Entomologist, June, 1894. | 
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