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ton, of San Jose, that it was introclnced into California npon trees re- 

 ceived from CMle by the late James Lick. This last is an interesting- 

 point which has not before been made public. We may mention, by 

 the way, the fact that this scale has made its appearance within the 

 last year in AnstraUa. Other imported pests which are specifically 

 mentioned are the Pnrple Scale {Mytilaspis citricola) and the Long- 

 Scale from Florida {Mytilasjns glorerii): the Florida Eed Scale {As})!- 

 diotus Jicus) from Florida, Cnba, and Japan; the Chaff Scale (Farlatoria 

 pergandii) from Florida, and an allied species, Farlatoria proteus^ fi^om 

 certain islands of the Pacific; the Wax Scale [Ceroplasfes floridensis) 

 from Florida, and the congeneric C. rusci from Japan; CtenocMton jyer- 

 foratus from Australia, and Dactylopius iceryoides from the same local- 

 ity; Dactylopms destructor, the common Mealy Bug, from Honolulu^ 

 and Pidvinaria cameUicoJa from Japan; the common Orange Chionaspis 

 (0. citri), the most abundant pest of the Orange in Louisiana, from 

 Japan and also from Australia; Lecaninm depressum from Honolulu. 



THE MEMBRACID^ OF NORTH A3IEEICA. 



We are pleased to notice that Dr. F. W. Goding, of Eutland, 111., 

 has published in the Transactions of the American Entomological 

 Society, vol. xix, a synopsis of the sub-families and genera of the 

 Membracid?e of North America, upon which he has been at work for 

 the last few years. His tables will be very useful to the student of the 

 Homoptera, and we look forward with interest to the complete mono- 

 graph which Dr. Goding has in preparation. 



A NEW ENE3IT OF THE TOMATO. 



In November, 1892, we received from 3Ir. G. W. Caruthers, of Bexar, 

 Tex., specimens of an insect which he stated was damaging his toma- 

 toes, and which had been very destructive to that crop in the neigh- 

 borhood of Bexar for the past three j^ears. Upon examination the in- 

 sect proved to be FtJiia picta Dr., which occurs normally in the West 

 Indies and has been but seldom reported from the Gulf States. This, 

 in fact, is the first time it has been reported as of economic importance. 

 The insect is not distantly related to the common Squash Bug and will 

 probably be as difficult to control. 



AN INSECT ENE3IY OF LACE CURTAINS. 



In a short paper, "Biologic Xotes on Xew Mexico Insects," in the 

 Canadian Entomologist for January, 1893, Prof. C. H. T. Townsend 

 records the fact that Ceutliopliilus pallidus Thomas, a wingless stone 

 cricket has been found in Xew Mexico in houses eating holes in lace 

 curtains and other fabrics, and is reported to cause much damage in 

 this way. This is an entirelj^ new habit for an insect of this groui), 

 and we should naturally suppose, were it not for the frequency of the 



