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Coccidce of the Marine Gardens, Kingston, Jamaica, April, 1893. 
Species. 
1. Dactylopius longifilis. 
Comst. 
2. Dactylopius vlrgatus, Ckll. 
3. Asterolecanium pustulans, 
Ckll. 
4. Lecanium olece, Bern 
5. Lecanium terminalice, Ckll. 
6. Lecanium hesperidum, L... 
7. Lecanium hemisphcericu-m, 
Targ. 
8. Ceroplastes floridensis, 
Comst. 
9. Aspidiotus articulatus, 
Morii'. 
10. Aspidiotus ficus, Kiley MS. 
Askm. 
11. Aspidiotus sacchari, Ckll... 
12. Aspidiotus per sonatus, 
Comst. 
13. Diaspis lanatus, Ckll 
14 Aulacaspisboisduvalli, Sign. 
Plants infested. 
On a palm; and 1 .juv. on 
upper side of leaf of star- 
apple. 
Several juv. on leaf of coco- 
nut. 
On pink oleander; very 
ab undant and i nj urious . 
On Teiminalia; on pink ole- 
ander, and many on twigs 
of star-apple, attended by 
ants. 
On Terminalia 
One on a palm ; found by my 
wife. 
Distribution elsewhere. 
On an orchid ; on a palm 
15. Pseudoparlatoria ostreata, 
Ckll. 
16. Chionaspis minor, Mask . . . 
17. Itchnaspisfiliformis, Dougl 
18. Pinnaspis pandani, Comst 
On oleander ; on upper side of 
leaves of star-apple. 
On oleander, with newly 
hatched larvae, which are 
orange ; on Citrus ; on upper 
side of leaves of star-apple. 
On upper side of leaves of 
pink oleander; on under 
side of leaves of rose; on 
Citrus ; many on upper side 
of leaves of an orchid. 
On sugar-cane 
On a palm 
On oleander 
On coconut, ypale lemon yel- 
low. 
On Acalypha - 
On a palm 
On a palm 
On coconut 
District of Columbia (under glass). 
(Endemic so far as known.) 
Montserrat, Demerara, Florida, Mex- 
ico, Brazil, Sandwich Islands. 
Antigua, Mexico, California, Florida, 
South Carolina France, Australia, 
New Zealand. 
Mexico. 
Mexico, Sandwich Islands, South 
Africa, Europe, Georgia, Utah, 
California, Florida, New York, Dis- 
trict of Columbia, Ohio. 
Trinidad, Antigua, Montserrat, New 
Zealand, Pennsylvania, California, 
Australia, Europe (under glass). 
Florida, Louisiana, Barbados (on leaf, 
apparently Chrysophyllxmi) . 
Nevis, Barbados, Trinidad, Demerara, 
Mexico. 
Cuba, Florida, Mexico, Japan, Kew 
(under glass), Australia. 
(Endemic so far as known.) 
Barbados, Cuba, Demerara. 
Antigua. 
Barbados, Trinidad (Urich), Europe 
(under glass). 
(Endemic so far as known.) 
Trinidad, Antigua, New Zealand. 
Trinidad, Antigua, Grenada, Deme- 
rara, District of Columbia (under 
glass), London (under glass). 
Trinidad, Massachusetts (under 
Thus, of 18 species, all but three are known outside of Jamaica (and 
it is very doubtful if these are confined to the island, although not yet 
found elsewhere), while eleven have been detected outside of the neo- 
tropical region. 
The following paper was then read : 
NOTE AND RECORD KEEPING FOR THE ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGIST. 
By A. D. Hopkins, Morgantown, W. Va. 
There is nothing of greater importance in the work of an economic 
entomologist than a well-organized system of keeping notes, records, 
and references. Especially is it important as a primary feature of the 
office and laboratory organization of the Experiment Station entomol- 
ogist. 
One of the objects of the law establishing the Agricultural Experi- 
ment Stations was to " stimulate original research and experiments 
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