114 HEM1PTERA. 



with a tube with which she is provided for the 

 purpose of introducing her eggs into the leaf. 



SPECIFICATION. 



Chermes Buxi. C. Buxi. Linn, Syst. Nat 1. 

 p. 738. Gmel. 1. p. 2212. Fabr. Syst. Ent.p. 740. 

 Spec. Ins. 2- p. 391. Mant. Ins. 2. p. 317. 

 "Reaumur, Ins. 3. 1. 19. f. 1 — 14. 

 Inhabits the Box-wood. The larva is to be met with 

 on the young shoots early in the spring. 

 PL 40. a. Natural size. b. Magnified. 



