276 COCCIDiE OF GUERNSEY. 



I will be very thankful for any specimens that members 

 of this Society or others may discover on the plants in 

 their gardens and greenhouses, and will do my best to get 

 them named and to point out the best way to get rid of 

 them. 



During the present year Mr. Newstead's splendid 

 Monograph of the British Coccidce has been completed and 

 published by the Ray Society. The description of each 

 species is so clearly given and the full detail is so beautifuly 

 and accurately illustrated on the 75 plates that accompany 

 the work, that the result must be a greatly increased interest 

 in the study of this hitherto neglected group of insects. 



I am greatly indebted to Mr. £. Newstead, A.L.S., 

 F.E.S., &c, for his kindness in naming all the specimens 

 that I have submitted to him. 



coccim:. 



ChionaspiS salieiS, Linn. Taken on Ash Trees by Mr. H. 0. Le Lacheur 

 near Les Norgiots, July 7th, 1903. 



Mytilapsis pomorum, Bouche. Common on Apple Trees where it is a 

 great pest. On May 7 th, 1903, I found a number of specimens on the 

 common broom (Sarothamnus scoparius) growing on the cliffs near the 

 Gouffre. These were specially interesting from the fact that, in addition 

 to the adult female scales, there were many male scales. Hitherto, the 

 latter had not been observed in England, see Mr. NeWstead's interesting 

 note in Unto. Mo. Mag., June, 1893. 



EriopeltiS festuCSS, Fonscolombe. I found a number of adult females and 

 their eggs on grass stems on the cliffs overlooking Moulin Huet Bay. 

 July, 1892. It is an extremely local insect in England. 



Exseretopus formieetiCOla, Newstead. Took numbers of specimens of 

 the female under stones in ants' nests near Bordeaux Harbour, June, 

 1893. On August 22nd, 1901, found a new locality on the cliffs near 

 Pleinmont. 



Pulvinaria flOCCifera, Weshvood. Numbers found on a Camellia bush, 

 Queen's Eoad, 1894. 



Leeanium hesperidum, Linn. Common on cultivated plants under glass, 

 also on Orange and Lemon trees. 



L. persicSG, Geoff. Common in greenhouses on various plants. 



L. CapreSB, Linn. I found hundreds of specimens on broom (S. scoparius) 

 growing on the cliffs at the Gouffre. These were described in the Ento. 

 Mo. Mag. for June, 1893, as L. distinguendum, Dorey. 



L. hemisphserieum, Targ-Tozz. Eound numbers on Stephanotis and other 

 plants in a hot-house, April, 1894. 



L. hemisphserieum, var. filicum. May, 1903, on Asparagus in a green- 

 house. 



DaetylopiUS Citri, Bisso. The commonest of the Mealy-bugs. I have 

 found it on various plants, including the vine in Guernsey, also a living 

 specimen on an imported orange. It is a great pest in the Orange - 

 growing districts of Southern Europe. 



DaetylopiUS Luffii, Newstead. Common on the lower stems and roots of 

 Lepigonum rupestre on September 14th, 1899, near Bichmond. This is 

 its only known habitat. 



