IIUN'IEU; TIIK COCCID/K Ol’ KANSAS. 
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with the plates, hut arise from the ventral surface of the bod}' 
cephalad of the plates and extend out under the plates caudad. 
On a pear tree l)rought from New Jersey. Location near Argen- 
tine, Kans.* 
Aspidiotus greenii Ckll Plate VI, Fig, 24. 
In the old scales found at base of palm leaf the exuviae are nearly 
black, scale grayish black. 
The plates found between the median lobes are in some cases 
forked. There is also a variation of two in the number of toothed 
plates. In some there are two more upon a side than in others. 
The greatest number of toothed plates found on a side was six, 
simple plates constant at four. Their relative position as well as 
the number and position of the spines is best shown by the figure. 
Fifteen mounted females studied, and many scales. Found 
massed at base of palm leaves and extending a short distance up 
the leaf. 
On the palm, Ifoivca bclmoreana, in green house. Lawrence, 
Kansas. 
Aspidiotus Ksderae Vail. var. nerii Bouche.J Plate VI, Figs. 2O, 27; Plate 
VII, Figs. 28, 29. 
Scale of female and male agree with description. Position and 
condition of first and second skin of female as described. 
Female, light yellow in color mottled with yellow. 
The anterior and posterior lateral glands agree with numbers 
given, but in two specimens out of the twenty-five studied 1 find 
in the one case a pair of glands forming an anterior group. In an- 
other specimen I find an anterior group of two with one lying be- 
tween this group and the right anterior lateral group. This I 
have shown in the sketch. This group of glands, not spoken of by 
Bouche or Comstock, is of interest. The plates and spines agree 
satisfactorily with the description. The comparatively small num- 
ber bearing this anterior group may be the reason why this group, 
probably observed, t is not mentioned in the original descriptions. 
* This t I PO was boujjht tliree yoars aso. when twt) years oUl, from Parry’s I’omona 
.Niirsoi’y. Parry, N. J. It was placed at northwest oonier of a young orcliard. It has 
been roolod up and l)urned. Tho writer visited this orchard ou Dec. 10, 1808, and gave 
tile grtninds acareful ^‘xanilnaUon; two small colonlesof about a dozen Individuals 
each were foun<l on I wo trees adjacent to place where infested tree stood. These 
have been cut away, and tin' owner, a progro.ssivo horticulturist, intends subjecting 
all the trees in tltat part of I ho orchard to si thorougli treatment with whale oil soap 
wsisb as an extra precaution. 
■' I was uiiMble to lind rcforence in literat ure to inodlan group in AnpidiotiUi s. str. 
I wrote l*rof. (JooUorell concerning iny observsitlon and asked for reference to such a 
group, lie linds tliat Derlese examining Jspj'd/o^tLs /ird'‘ni’ var in Italy found 
o/ir e.Mirnplo with one gland representing tlie median group. Cockerell adds interest- 
ingly: ‘’The appearance of a median gland tlius is probatily an atavistic feature, as 
tUi‘ supposed ancestors of (tspidiofi/.s s. sir. (Dhr.sptV-Ilke types) probably had the five 
groups.” 
^As may be inferred from the host, those specjes are not indigenous. 
