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The male resembles that of longifilis in appearance, though the anal 
filaments are not as long. The head, thorax, and two basal segments 
of the antenna? are nearly as deep a red as those of the female; the 
abdomen, legs, and remainder of the antenna? are much paler. The eyes 
are not ringed with bright red. as in the other two species, but are a dark 
reddish brown. The immature male has 7-jointed antenna-, and shortly 
before pupating a mass of waxy secretion posteriorly is quite notice- 
able. 
In the allies of the mealy bugs there are several common injurious 
species where study becomes quite as satisfactory and interesting as in 
the species of Dactylopius. Uriococcus azalea, which has been on our 
azaleas in such numbers the past season, is one of them. This species 
has received considerable attention, but only a brief notice will be 
given it here. It is a close ally to the mealy bug and might be very 
easily mistaken for one unless structurally studied. Since the note on 
this species published in Insect Life (vol. yi, p. 327), where it says. 
"The insect has not yet been found out of doors, and it will be 
interesting to know its natural habitat," the query with me has been. 
Is the species not exclusively a greenhouse pest with us and perhaps 
imported with the azalea plants I To partially answer this question a 
badly infested plant was placed out of doors about the 1st of May. 
subject to Michigan's climatic changes. About a month later most of 
the eggs hatched, but not a young Eriococcus has survived. 
A full-grown female of this species lays about 250 eggs in the 
winter and they remain under the sack until they hatch in the spring. 
At the present time the females are nearly half grown and the males 
are still in the pupa state. If I am not mistaken, there is only one 
annual brood, so that the species does not increase with the rapidity 
of the mealybug. We have never found a species on any plant except 
the azaleas, and as these plants are all imported from Belgium and 
France at least once in every two years, it is very probable that the 
Eriococcus is also imported with the plants. 
Another close ally of the mealy bug is found on our greenhouse palms. 
Specimens seut to the Department of Agriculture at Washington bring 
back the word from Mr. Howard that he feels sure the species is not 
described and that it apparently belongs to a new genus. The bug is 
quite common on the three species of palm — Areca lutescem from east- 
ern Asia. Ptychosperma cunninghamiana from Queensland, and Rhapis 
h a in His. the dwarf rattan palm, from Japan. The species is apparently 
quite restricted in the number of food plants, as an effort was made to 
rear specimens on some other species of dwarf palm, but the bugs 
refused to remain on the plants and soon starved. The mealy covering 
is thick and heavy with a broad margin and large pyramidal elevations 
of dirty-yellowish white over the dorsum. The females are viviparous 
and about as prolific as Dactylopius longifilis. The young remain under 
the mother for several days until there are so many that she can brood 
