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stones and logs to procure "iusectos" (which mostly showed up to be 

 large spiders and niyriapods), or climb the tall trunk of a cocoa palm 

 to offer me a refreshing drink of cocoa milk, made one feel well and at 

 home. 



Xeedless to say that I never carried any weapon for defense, and 

 never had the slightest use for one. 



Thanks are due to the U. S. Fish Commission, through whose invita- 

 tion the trip was made, as well as to the entire expedition under Profes- 

 sor Everman and to the officers and crew of the U. S. S. Fish Hawk for 

 the very pleasant and profitable sojourn among them. 



All identifications of insects are made through the Division of 

 Entomology. 



LIST OF COCCID^E COLLECTED BY MR. A. BUSCK IN PUERTO RICO, 1899. 



By T. Pergande and T. I). A. Cockerell. 



Only one Coccid (Aspidiotus destructor) has been recorded in print from Puerto Rico. 

 (Canad. Entom., 1895, p. 261.) It was collected by Mr. J. D. Hall at San Juan. 

 Icerya montserratensis Riley and Howard. 



On orange, Mayaguez, January 20. 



On orange, Bayamon, January 10. 

 Phenacoccus gossi/pi: Twns. Ckll. 



On cotton, Humacao, February 15. New to the West Indies. 

 Dactylopius sacchari Ckll. 



On sugar cane, Bayamon, January. 



On sugar cane, Mayaguez, January. 



On sugar cane, Humacao, February. 

 Asterolecanium pustulans Ckll. 



On some leguminous plant, Guayama, February 4. 



On Anona reticulata, San Juan, February 21. 

 Asterolecanium aureum Boisd. 



On a fiber plant, San Juan, January 17. Occurs on tbe leaves. 

 Asterolecanium bambusce Boisd. 



On bamboo, Bayamon, January 12. 



On bamboo, Utuado, January 28. 

 Pulvinaria sp. on undetermined weed. 



Viegues Isle, February 7. 

 Lecanium olece.Beru. 



On Calabassa tree, Lares, January 25. 



On lioney-locust, Adjuntas, January 30. 



On Guazuma ulmifolia, Guayama, February 4. 



On Terminalia catappa, Mayaguez, January 20. (Brown variety.) 

 Lecanium nigrum Metn. 



On Terminalia catappa, San Juan, January 5. 



On cotton, San Juan, January 5 (var. depressum Targ.). 

 Lecanium hemisphceHcum Targ. 



On eggplant, Catana, January 17. 



On guambana, San Juan, January 5. 



On coffee, Caguas, January 10. 

 Ceroplastes floridensis Comst. 



On Anona reticulata. 

 Vinsonia stellifera Westw. 



On cocoanut palm, Catana, January 16. 



On cocoanut palm, Bayamon, January 16. 



On cocoanut palm, Arroyo, February 3. 



