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made by the parties to whom the insects were sent. It is made partly 
upon the results of my own examination and partly upon those of my 
assistant, Mr. E. L. Dickerson. Nevertheless I have not given up 
hopes of securing some better results even yet. 
During the summer of 1904 Mr. Wilmon Newell, State entomologist 
of Georgia, was good enough to give me a week of his time and to 
guide me‘through those sections of Georgia where in 1902 this cocci- 
nellid had occurred in enormous numbers. As to the status of affairs 
in Georgia, Mr. Newell is the only one competent to speak; but I may 
say that after a pretty thorough collecting over the various communi- 
ties where the beetles had been most abundant I succeeded in getting 
a sufficient quantity to start a new colony in New Jersey. Mr. Newell 
was good enough to divide with me in order to give New Jersey an 
even start with Georgia on the new deal. This time all the specimens 
that were obtained were placed in one orchard, not far from New 
Brunswick, and this comes about as near to being an ideal place for 
insects of this kind as could well be imagined. The orchard consists | 
of apple, peach, pear, and plum trees, several hundred trees in all. 
Almost every tree is scaly and some trees are dying. Nothing has 
been done to destroy the scales, and as the estate is in chancery it is 
very certain that nothing will be done during the current winter. 
There is plenty of rubbish to serve as hiding places, also plenty of 
loose bark. Scales occur in abundance, and although Pentilia misella 
Lec. occurs on these trees by the thousands, it has not succeeded in 
making any impression upon the scales. All the specimens were 
introduced during the latter part of July. The orchard was visited 
from time to time and at all times some specimens were seen feeding 
upon the scales; and in the latter part of the season larve and pupee 
were found, indicating that the insects had made themselves at home, 
to some extent at least. A small number that were kept in the labora- 
tory and plentifully supphed with food laid eggs in small numbers. 
Such larve as hatched from these eggs were taken into the orchard to 
give them normal winter conditions. I can not say that I hope for 
very much as the result of this last experiment; nevertheless there is 
a chance that something will be seen of the insects next year, and if 
they do breed they will have an opportunity to do so under the best 
possible surroundings. | 
Some time before 1900 a mantid, Paratenodera sinensis Sauss., intro- 
duced from China had established itself in the vicinity of Philadel- 
phia and’ had been doing well, hundreds of egg masses being seen 
curing the winter, while the insects themselves were not at all uncom- 
mon during the summer. Mr. Philip Laurent recorded the presence 
of this insect and figured it in Entomological News. 
During the winter of 1900-1901 I secured through Mr. Laurent a 
small lot of specimens, altogether about 100, which I distributed | 
