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under the name Euhadlzon schizoceri. It is illustrated at Fig. 8. A> e 

 also reared an uudeterrniiied Tacliiuid. Mr. Werckle also stated iu 

 oue of bis letters that the eggs were laid iii the leaves aud looked like 



Fig. 7. SciilzocEUUS ebenus. a, leaf sliowing eggs in situ — natural size ; ft, larvaa from side ; c, same 

 from above — enlarged ; d, thoracic segments of same ; e, abdominal segments — still more enlarged ; /, 

 adult male— enlarged (original). 



rows of scale iusects. The pest was observed for the first time in 188G, 

 when tbelarvai completely defoliated large tracts in a sweet-potato field 

 on a farm lying at some distance from any other. 



Fio. 8. EuBAiuzoN tJCiiizoCBUi, onlargod (originnl). 



The present season (1888) Mr. Werckle writes us that the pest has 

 not been noticed since September, 1887. The adult insect is a small 



