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the ribs and veins of the leaves and in small numbers do no harm. 

 There are thousands of them on the flowers in my garden. They woukl, 

 no doubt, spread over the garden were it not that the ants do not allow 

 them to roam. Two ants Avere Avatching about a dozen full-grown En- 

 tilias and when I drove them away the Entilias hopi)ed and flew oft" 

 •'forty ways for Sunday," reminding me of a flock of school children 

 when school is out. 



Have only found it breeding on Spikenard, Aralia racetno.sa (?). 



THE FOOD PLANTS OF SOME JAMAICAN COCCID^, (II). 



By T. D. A. CocKERELL, Kingston, Jamaica. 



The present paper continues a series of records commenced in Insect 

 Life, vol. y., pp. 158-160. The numbers of genera not previously 

 listed continue on from the lastthere mentioned; but genera previously 

 listed, whether or not the species is the same, have their old numbers, 

 with a letter added. 



(24; Aralia guilfoylei (Araliacese). — At the Parade Garden, Kingston, March 1, 

 had a few Aspidioius arliculatus and A. personatus on the upper side of the leaves. 



(25) Apeiia tihourhou (Tiliacese). — At the Parade Garden, Kingston, March 1, had 

 some Aspidiotus personatus and many A. articulatus on upper side of leaves. 



(26) Coffea (Rubiacese). — A few Aspidioius articulatus were found on leaves of 

 Coffee sent by Mr. W. W. Wynne from Brokenhurst, Mandeville. 



(27) Cupania ednlis Camb. (Sapindacese). — A small akee tree in Kingston, Decem- 

 ber 18, had on upper side of leaves a ievr Asjndiotus articulatus 2m.(\. A. personatus ; and 

 on midrib, petiole, and stem many Planchonia {Aster odiaspis olim) pustulans, Ckll. 



(28) Erythrina uml>rosa {luQg\^.m.ulo&'^l^). — At the Parade Garden, Kingston, March 

 1, had Aspidiotus personatus, A. articulatus, and Ceroplastes floridensis on the upper 

 side of the leaves. 



(29) Guaiacum officinale L. (Zygophyllacere). — On a lignum-vitre tree m Kingston, 

 February 1, I found an adult and a young scale of Ceroplastes cirripediformis, 3 or 4 

 C. floridensis, and one adult Lecanium olew. On Januarj^ 29, I found one scale of 

 Aspidiotus articulatus on a small lignum-vitte tree in Kingston, but most of the Aspi- 

 dioti on the tree, at least, were A. aurantii. 



(30) Hihiscus purpureus f. semi-plena Hort. (Malvacew). — At the Parade Garden, 

 Kingston, March 1, had a few Aspidiotus articulatus on upper side of leaves. 



(31) Hippeastrum equestre (Amaryllidacepe). — At the Parade Garden, Kingston, 

 March 1, had on upper side of leaves one Lecanium olece, and several specimens of an 

 oval moderately convex red-brown Lecanium which can by no means be separated 

 for L. hesperidum L. 



(32) Lataniaaurea (Palmacea?). — At the Parade Garden, Kingston, March 1, had 

 on upper side of leaves a few Aspidiotus personatus. 



(14b) Musa (Musacete). — In Kingston I found one specimen of Aspidiotus palnuv 

 on a leaf. It proved to be infested by a minute brown hymenopterous parasite, 

 having pointed wings with an enormous fringe, tibiae spurred, tarsi apparently 

 4-jointed, with last joint longest. This parasite can not well be identified, as it had 

 not emerged from the scale, and I only found it in a fragmentary condition when ex- 



