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X. Aster olecanium bambusse , Boisduval ; Insectologie Agricole (1869). 
Specimens sent by Mr. Fletcher from Egypt on Bambusa arundinacea. 
Mr. Newstead says it is common at Assouan on Bambusa sp. He also 
gives the following localities elsewhere : Algeria, West Indies, Brazil, 
Ceylon, Britain (“ Cocc. Brit. Isles,” ii., p. 153), and now adds as additional 
localities Grenada and Mauritius. Its habitat seems to be the various 
species of bamboo. Their presence on the leaves is marked by yellow 
stains. 
XI. leery a segyptica , Douglas ( = Grossotosoma segypticum , Douglas). 
The so-called Fluted Scale is most harmful in Egypt, feeding upon 
banyan, fig, orange, and many other trees. At Alexandria it infested most 
of the gardens and killed the trees right off in 1889 and 1890. It is also 
known as the Egyptian Mealy Bug. Cairo has also suffered from this 
pest. 
This pest also occurs in India, where it is much parasitised, and hence 
possibly indigenous to that continent. It also occurs in Australia, where 
it has been found at Sydney on Goodmia ovata. The white waxy excretions 
of this species are absolutely pure wax, and as the excretions readily fall 
without the insects, it has been suggested that this wax might be used for 
economic purposes such as making fine wax candles (“Insect Life,” iii., 
p. 424). This wax is said to be quite as fine as the white Chinese wax 
secreted by Ericerus pe-la, which lives on the so-called Insect Tree, Ligustrum 
lucidum. The white wax industry of the Plain of Chien-Chang is described 
in “ Garden and Forest” for January 28, 1891. 
XII. Dactylopius sp ? 
A specimen was sent by Mr. Fletcher too imperfect to identify, but is 
thought by Mr. Newstead to be probably a species of Dactylopius. 
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