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Algeria, Italy, and Tunis; on Rosa sp. (rose) from Arizona, Greece, 
Italy, Spain, and Syria; in the Oleaceae, on Jasminum humile from 
Arizona and Italy; on " Ligustr um ovalifolium (privet) from Ari- 
zona and California; on L. vulgare from Maryland and Russian 
Turkestan; on Olea europaea (olive) from Arizona, France, Greece, 
Italy, Yugoslavi ia, Morocco, Spain, and Syria; in the Anacardiaceae, 
on Pistacia lentiscus (pistache ) from Persia (Iran) and Yugoslavia ; 
in the Apocynaceae, on Verium oleander (oleander) from ‘Arizona: 
in the Betulaceae, on Corylus avellana (filbert) from Italy; in the 
Ebenaceae, on Diospyros (persimmon) from Greece and Ttaly : mn 
the Lauraceae, on Laurus (laurel) from Italy; in the Rhamnaceae, 
on Rhamnus pallassii and Rhamnus sp. from Russian Caucasus; in 
the Rutaceae, on Citrus grandis (grapefruit) from Spain; in the 
Vitaceae, on ‘Vitis sp. (grape) from Greece; and on unknown or 
unstated hosts from Argentina and Italy. 
PARLATORIA PERGANDII Comstock 
(PEA BS pl. Spi ple ties) 
First described from Florida in 1881 by Comstock (12, p. 327), 
this insect has been reported in subsequent years from many parts 
of the world, mostly from citrus hosts, although a number of other 
host plants have been recorded for the species. There appears to 
have been some confusion in literature respecting the identity of 
pergandii, but only one definitely cee Suen C2 be re- 
corded, namely, sinensis Maskell (40, p. 241; 41, p. 228). Specimens 
from Maskell’s type material, although not wholly satisfactory for 
study, and not representing an average picture of the species per- 
gandii, on examination disclose no sound morphological basis for 
segregation. Despite the lack of established synonyms there has been 
a decided difference of opinion in published work over the status 
and relationship of this species, it having been variously placed as 
a synonym or as a variety of proteus, and the forms crotonis, camel- 
liae, pittos port, and theae, here considered as distinct, having been 
placed as varieties or in some instances as synonyms under it. 
Many of the records in literature under the name pergandii almost 
certainly relate to forms here placed as distinct species, but the exact 
status of every published record may never be completely clarified. 
Adult female—Eyespot a small, roughly rounded to oval, inconspicuous fleck, 
often difficult to observe. Anterior spiracles with 3 to 5 disk pores adjacent; 
posterior spiracles without any traces of an adjacent dermal pocket but with 
2 to several small tubular ducts scattered between opening and body margin. 
Duct tubercles anteriorly short, flat conical, with bases expanded, somewhat 
smaller and more elongate conical posteriorly, and varying considerably in size; 
range in numbers on each half of body, prespiracular 1 to 5, average 2.7; 
anterior spiracular 3 to 10, average 5.6; intermediate 2 to 7, average 3.6; pos- 
terior spiracular 1 to 6, average 3.3; first abdominal 1 to 4, average 1.9; totals 
10 to 29, average around 18. Dorsal submarginal tubular macroducts usually 
rather numerous, but varying considerably; tabulated range, each half of body, 
29 to 70; average number around 50. No intermediate or median macroducts 
and characteristically without but sometimes with a single microduct above 
anterior lateral paragenitals, well within dorsal sclerotized area of pygidium, 
and characteristically with 2 to 5 such microducts on preceding segment, along 
anterior edge of this sclerotization; no dorsal microducts observed anterior to 
these. <A faint, irregularly rounded to oval cicatrix dorsally, well in from 
margin, on first abdominal segment, this showing in some well-prepared speci- 
mens but not certainly visible in many preparations examined and constancy 
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