INSECTS INJURING THE PERSIMMON, ETC. 671 
INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE PERSIMMON. 
Diospyrus virginiana. 
Order Lepidoptera. 
1. Spilosoma virginica Fabr. Riley (MS. notes). 
2. Orgyia leucographa Walker. Larva described by French (Rep., 
Curator S. I. Normal Univ., 1880, p. 44). 
3. (Edemasia concinna (Abb.-Sm.). Riley (MS. notes). 
4. Cenopis reticulatana (Clem.). Miss Murtfeldt (Fernald's Cat. Tortri- 
cidae, p. 20). 
5. Tolype velleda (Stoll). See p. 165. 
6. Aspidisca diospyriella Chamb. Larva in a minute blotch mine, from 
which it cuts out a case in which it pupates. (Chambers, /. c.) 
Order Hemiptera. 
7. Aphis diospyri Thomas (Eighth Rep. 111., p. 5). 
8. Psylla diospyri Ashmead (Can. Ent, Nov. 1881, p. 222). 
Order Coleoptera. 
9. Braehystylus acutus Riley (Amer. Nat., Nov., ? 82). 
INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE CALIFORNIA BAY OR LAUREL. 
Laurus. 
1. Ptilinus basalis Le Conte. (Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, viii, p. xxiii.) 
2. Micracis hirtella Le Conte. 
INSECTS AFFECTING THE CHINA TREE. 
The China tree (Melia azedarach) has always been considered as per- 
fectly free from any insect attacks whatever. No caterpillar of any 
kind has ever been found feeding on its foliage ; no Buprestid or 
Scolytid beetles bore in its trunk or branches, and no gall insects 
disfigure its leaves or twigs. This tree, with its beautiful dense foliage, 
is, in fact, to be highly recommended as a shade tree in the South, and 
especially in those cities which are so badly infested with the bag- 
worm (Thyridopteryx ephemerceformis). This immunity enjoyed by the 
China tree from the attacks of insects is not perfect, however, as we 
have recently received from Alabama some twigs and leaves infested 
with the scales of a Coccid belonging to the genus Lecanium ; but, 
what is more interesting, the twigs are covered with the waxy scales 
of a Ceroplastes of really beautiful appearance and new to science. 
The leaf-cutting ant (Atta fervens) shows a decided partiality for the 
leaves of this tree in Texas. (Riley.) 
