108 



Bactylopius, but the female is said to be eyeless, with five-seg- 

 mented antennae the last segment of the antenna with sickle 

 shaped hairs^ and tht tarsi with no digitules. 



(87.) Phenaeoecus barberi, Ckll, 1896. (Barber's mealy-bug). A 

 large mealy-bug discovered by Mr. C. A. Barber in Antigua, on 

 Aliamanda, Thunbergia, etc. Mr. Barber also found it at St. 

 Kitts, and Mr. Urich found it infssting orange trees in Trinidad. 

 This insect will be known by its comparatiyely large size (length, 

 not counting tht tails, 5 mm.) and the fact that the antennae 

 have nine joints. It is likely to become quite destructive. In 

 Mexico is found a very closely allied form (P. yaccce), of which 

 P. barberi is perhaps only a sub-species. 



(88.) Dactylopius nipce Maskell, 1893. (The Nipt mealy-bug). A 

 red mealy-bug of smaU size, with seven or eight segments to 

 the antennae and the cottony secretion unusually firm, arranged 

 in distinct tufts. The male is brownish-red. Originally des- 

 cribed from specimens found on Nipa fruticans in Demerara ; 

 since found by Mr. Urich in Trinidad. 



(89.) Dactylopius saccharic Ckll, 1895. (The sugar-cane mealy-bug 

 of Trinidad). An olivaceous or pinkish mealy-bug, with seven- 

 segmented antennae, found under the leaf -axils of sugar-cant in 

 Trinidad. In 1896 Mr. Maskell received specimens of a mealy-bug 

 from Mauritius, on roots of sugar-cane, and on examination they 

 proved to be this same D. sacchari.. It seems that the insect 

 has been known to planters for many years in Mauritiui, and no 

 doubt it was introduced into Trinidad with sugar-cane from that 

 region. 



(90.) Ortheziola fodiem Giard, 1897. (The Guadeloupe Ortheziola). 

 A small insect with waxy lamellae, found with Bhiccecus eloti on 

 the roots of cofiee trees in Guadeloupe. 



The genus Ortheziola was established in 1894 by Sulc for a spe- 

 cies (0. Vejdovskyi) found under leaves and moss in Bohemia, 

 differing from Orthezia in having only four segmeuts to the an- 

 tennae, and the tibia not separate from the tarsus. 



(46a.) Asterolecani im bambusce var. bambusulcs Ckll. ( I he imall bam- 

 boo fringed- scale.) This is a small variety (female scale 2 mmc 

 long) found on a small species of bamboo in Grenada, by Mr. 

 W. E. Broadway. 



(91.) Pulvinaria broadwayi, Ckll., 1896. (Broadway's Cottony Scale) 

 A small species essily known by the cottony matter entirely sur- 

 rounding (but not covering) the scale, and not much projecting 

 behind. The marginal spires are very numerous, and the an- 

 tennae are eight- segmented. Found by Mr. Broadway on a culti- 

 vated plant not identified in Grenada. 



(92.) Pulvinaria brassi^e, CkU. (The Orchid Cottony Scale). A spe- 

 cies with a very narrow ovisac, aMied to P. simulans, found on 

 orchids. It was found on a Brassia in a hothouse in Canada, 

 but more recently Mr. Hart has detected it in Trinidad. 



