194 COCCIDAE 



SUBFAMILY ORTHEZIINAE 

 ORTHEZIA Bosc d' Antic 



O. insignis Dougl. Ithaca (Comst) ; NYC (Pettit&King). On Coleus. This 

 cosmopolitan species occurs in nearly all greenhouses in the State on a very 

 large variety of plants, mostly herbaceous. 



O. solidaginis Sanders. Ithaca. On Solidago, red clover, mint, and Prunella 

 vulgaris. 



SUBFAMILY DACTYLOPIINAE 

 ASTEROLECANIUM Targioni-Tozzetti 



A. bambusae Bdv. NYC (USEE). On Bambusa in greenhouse. 



A. pustulans (Ckll.). Chatham (NYS). A subtropical species occurring on a 

 variety of plants. 



A. variolosum (Ratz.). Rochester, Geneva, Cortland, Newburgh, Yonkers (NYS) ; 

 Tarrytown (USEE); NYC (NYS); LI: Flushing (NYS); Westbury, 

 Brooklyn (USEE). This species is limited to oak, and is an introduction 

 from Europe. 



CeROCOCCUS Comstock 

 C. parrotti (Hunter). LI: Brooklyn (USEE). On horse-chestnut. 



Kermes Boitard 



K. galliformis Rly. Ithaca (CU) ; Karner, Middletown (NYS); LI: Brooklyn 

 (NYS). On black oak. This name has been indifferently applied to species 

 of Kermes, and the records here given may therefore include more than one 

 species. 



K. kingii Ckll. Middletown (NYS). On red oak. 



K. pettiti Ehrh, Ithaca, Pettit (Ehrh) ; Middletown, on oak. Thro (EEBogue). 



K. pubescens Bogue. Scarsdale (USEE). On oak. 



K. trinotatus Bogue. Albany (NYS). Apparently widely distributed in the United 

 States. On Quercus nigra. 



GOSSYPARIA Signoret 



G. spuria (Mod.) {ulmi Geoff.). European Elm Scale. Many localities show 

 this species to be widely distributed throughout the State from LI and NYC 

 along the Hudson R., northward to Round L., and westward to Newfane. Its 

 occurrence at Binghamton and Ogdensburg also indicates a wide distribution, 

 which may be restricted only by the lack of its food plant. 



ErioCOCCUS Targioni-Tozzetti 



E. azaleae Comst. Canton (NYS) ; Geneva (Comst-CU) ; Ithaca (Comst-CU) ; 



LI: Brooklyn (NYS). On wild azalea. Azalea mendula, Rhododendron, 



huckleberry, Crataegus coccinea. 

 E. borealis var. Ckll. & Robn. "NY" (Ckll-USBE). On Gaylussacia. 

 E. coccineus Ckll. NYC (USEE). On various greenhouse Cactaceae. 



