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and Cetonia morio. This latter non-British Chaffer has now 

 been recorded for Guernsey, Alderney, Sark and Herm. 



A minute house ant, Monomorium Pharaonis, has been 

 added to the Aldernej list by Mr. E. D. Marquand. A 

 specimen was found walking on some bread, which probably 

 came from a baker's shop infested by it. This is an intro- 

 duced species and is a pest in some houses in St. Peter-Port. 



An interesting capture was that of Periplaneta australasice, 

 a large Cockroach, which ran out of a package of bananas 

 received from the West Indies by Mr. Parsons. A huge 

 Spider, Heteropoda? venatoria was also found alive in one of 

 these packages. On September 14th, 1899, during the 

 Society's excursion to Richmond, I discovered numbers of a 

 small species of Coccid at the roots of Lepigonum rupestre. 

 I sent specimens to Mr. Robert Newstead, F.L.S., of Chester, 

 who finds them to be quite new to science and has named 

 them Dactylopius Liiffi. 



As this insect has only been found in Guernsey, I copy 

 a full description from the pen of Mr. R. Newstead, as it 

 appears in the " The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine " 

 for April, 1901. 



"DACTYLOPIUS LUFFI, N. Sp. 



" Ovisac of rather closely felted, long, cylindrical, and of 

 equal width throughout ; q remaining, uncovered, at the cephalic 

 extremity. Long., 3 — 4 ; diameter, '75 mm. g adult very active, 

 constructing ovisac at period of gestation; mealy, but without 

 marginal appendages ; segmentation distinct ; form rather short, 

 ovate, anal extremity emarginate. Anal lobes indicated by a single 

 hair. Anal ring of six long hairs, intervening spaces with irregular 

 ovate glands. Dermis thickly set with circular spinnerets, forming 

 broad bands on the abdominal segments; there are also numerous 

 short hairs, but these are much fewer in number than the spinnerets. 

 Antennae of 8 joints, of which the last is much the longest ; 

 formula, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4 (5, 6, 7), all the joints with fine hairs. Mentum 

 biarticulate, rather pointed, joints with minute hairs on both sur- 

 faces. Legs rather long, hairy ; digitules to claw slightly dilate, 

 those of the tarsi simple. 



"Long., L50 — 2 mm. Habitat: on the lower stem and roots 

 of Lepigonum rupestre, Guernsey, ' near the west coast of the 

 island.' September, 1899 Discovered by Mr. W. A. Luff. 



" Accompanying the specimens, Mr. Luff sent the following 

 particulars : — I herewith enclose Coccids [Riper sia f) found at roots 

 of Lepigonum rupestre, not under stones but in sandy soil ; they 

 occur in such thick clusters, and are so lively, that I thought they 

 might possibly be something new (in litt.) The agility of these 

 little "mealy bugs" was quite remarkable, and certainly not 



