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Ablerus clisiocampde Ashm. (fig. 9) was reared in the summer of 
1905 by Messrs. Quaintance and Girault from the San Jose scale 
occurring upon pear upon the Department grounds, at Washington. 
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Fig. S.—Prospalta aurantii, greatly enlarged (from Howard). 
It was also reared from Dtaspis pentagona Targ., occurring upon 
the grounds of the Department. It affects also Chionasjns furfurus 
Fitch, and is known to occur in North Carolina, in Illinois, and in the 
District of Columbia. 
Yig. 9.— Ablerus clisiocampie, female, greatly enlarged (from Howard). 
Ehopoideus citrinus How. was reared in 1885 by Mr. Albert 
Koebele at Truckee, Nevada County, Cal., from Aspid lotus jjernicio- 
sus on pear, and was described by the writer in the proceedings of the 
U. S. National Museum, No. 1142, October 4, 1898. This record was 
